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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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Media Bias, Newsy, and Nidal Hasan

Friday, November 13, 2009
By Teramis
Media Bias, Newsy, and Nidal Hasan

Newsy.com is a news service that combines coverage from mulitple news outlets into a single story. This saves viewers surfing time and can help balance out media bias from any one source. Recent video on Nidal Hasan is embedded here. »

The Mind-Boggling Frank Luntz

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
By Teramis
The Mind-Boggling Frank Luntz

Frank Luntz in a recent interview remarks on the town hall anger over health care reform as if he had nothing to do with creating it. Is he blind or conniving? »

Brits prevent U.S. terrorist attack in spite of our posturing

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Teramis
Brits prevent U.S. terrorist attack in spite of our posturing

The Brits save our bacon on a terrorist bomb plot, in spite of our threat to "sever intelligence links" with them over the Lockerbie bomber. What *were* we thinking? »

DC Sniper to Die on Tuesday

Monday, November 9, 2009
By Teramis

In a footnote to my earlier post about the Ft. Hood shootings, the mastermind of the murderous "D.C. Sniper" duo arrested in 2002 is due to be executed tomorrow. »

Maj. Hasan: New Lightning Rod for Terrorism Fears

Friday, November 6, 2009
By Teramis
Maj. Hasan: New Lightning Rod for Terrorism Fears

The tragic shooting at Ft Hood is being used to drum up anti-Muslim sentiments, but scapegoating a minority doesn't solve our problems. Our track record of violence comes from many groups and people, not a singular Terrorist Boogeyman that is so easy to fear. »

Authoritarians, pt 2: the Problem Broadly Outlined

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
By Teramis
Authoritarians, pt 2: the Problem Broadly Outlined

From Bush's Iraq war to fundamentalist Christian social policies, authoritarianism has many faces in American politics. This school of thought prizes control at any cost, abhors compromise, and is insidiously anti-democratic. This post outlines broad aspects of conservative authoritarianism, and why this presents a threat to our democracy. »

Authoritarians and Conservative Politics

Friday, October 30, 2009
By Teramis
Authoritarians and Conservative Politics

Authoritarians and their religious-right cohorts have reshaped conservatism and account for the idiosyncratic direction of the modern Republican party. This and future posts will explore the impact of authoritarianism on democracy and our government. »

The President, Racism, and the Missing Conversation

Saturday, September 19, 2009
By Teramis

Obama dismisses race as "overriding issue" in the criticism against him, but ignoring this issue squanders opportunity for meaningful dialog about race. »

Birther Refuses to Obey President as Commander-in-Chief

Thursday, September 17, 2009
By Teramis
Birther Refuses to Obey President as Commander-in-Chief

Birthers take issue with the citizenship of Barack Obama, but the real threat of this movement is to the legitimacy of the office of the President. »

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