by Terrance Heath | Sep 12, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In the biggest elevator video since Beyonce and Jay Z, the world saw Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knock his fiancé out cold. While the NFL dragged its feet on a response, right-wingers lost no time blaming the victim. In July, video surfaced of Baltimore...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 10, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Conservatives say marriage is the “ultimate anti-poverty program,” and claim that most of our economic woes would vanish if more people got hitched. A new study suggests marriage barely makes a dent in poverty. On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, Sen. Marco...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
With so many convictions, indictments, and investigations concerning corruption, it’s beginning to look like orange may be the new black for the GOP. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Bob McDonnell was one of the leading lights of the Republican Party. Being...
by Bill Moyers | Sep 2, 2014 | Conservatism
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart, a poet wrote, and as this year’s summer winds toward its end and elections approach, gratitude is indeed what our politicians have flowing from that space where their hearts should...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 29, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Michael Brown was laid to rest in Ferguson, Missouri this week. But that doesn’t mean that wingnuts and right-wingers will let him rest in peace. It was bad enough when the New York Times built its profile of Michael Brown around the idea that he was “no angel.” (What...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Conservatism
Remember when all those veterans died waiting to get care? At the time there were hundreds of scare stories like these: WFMY (Greensboro, NC): "Report: 1,000 Veterans Die While Waiting For Care, VA Wastes Billions." The report was released by Senator Tom Coburn,...
