Uncommon Talents: Research & Critical Thinking

I’m a person who likes to do research on topics that interest me, but I like to do research in general even when it isn’t a topic that interests me too much.  If I’m making specific argument in a discussion, I want to make sure that I’m not being biased and that I’m using confirmed [...]

RIP Howard Zinn

Acharya S: Religion, History, Human Rights

Recent articles of interest from Acharya S (aka D.M. Murdock): Dead Sea Scrolls prove Bible unoriginal Certain ideas in the scrolls also appear in the New Testament, meaning, of course, that the impression of Christianity as a “divine revelation” appearing whole cloth miraculously from the very finger of God is clearly erroneous. Read more… First ‘Human [...]

US Demographics & Increasing Progressivism

“America is conservative in fundamental principles… But the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical.”  ~ Gunnar Myrdal “Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals” ~ Mark Twain  - – – There are many polls that show most Americans self-identify with the label of ‘conservative’. I’ll first show you the self-identification data before I [...]

Air America: Challenges of Liberal Media

I noticed the news about Air America. Air America Dies, Failing to Make Transition to Web By Kate Kaye In a memo sent to staff today and repeated on the company’s homepage, Air America Media Chair Charlie Kireker wrote, “though Internet/new media revenues are projected to grow, our expanding online efforts face the same monetization [...]

Problems of Income Inequality

It’s interesting that states with income equality do better. In poor states (where there is greater gap between rich and poor), the poor vote Democrat and the rich vote Republican. In wealthy states (ie. where everyone has a higher income), both the rich and poor vote Democrat. The way we live now http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/mar/13/the-spirit-level Lynsey Hanley [...]

Liberal Facts vs Conservative Ideology

Let me start with this video. The reason I posted that video is because it relates to an interview I heard last night on Diane Rehm (Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie: “Slow Death by Rubber Duck” - http://wamu.org/programs/dr/10/01/20.php#29308; sorry but WordPress won’t allow hyperlinking at the moment).  That interview was about hormone-disrupting chemicals in our food [...]

Is The Media Failing To Cover Wars Properly? w/ Author Fred Exoo

Here is a discussion of one aspect of how conservative is the mainstream media.  If the media was liberal, then the largest and fastest growing protest movement in history would’ve been widely reported and the Iraq War would never have happened.  The media controls the public perception of public opinion.  That is key.  The powers that be [...]

Conservative Reality: Self-referential, Self-enclosed

Conservatives create their own news sources (Fox News, etc), create their own entertainment (Left Behind books and movies, Mormon movies), create their own colleges (along with homeschooling their children), create their own think tanks, create their own ‘science’ (Creation Museum, push for creationism being taught in public schools), create their own politicized version of Christianity.  [...]

This Far Left And No Further

For ‘Liberal’ NYT, Taxing the Rich Is a Fringe Idea By Jim Naureckas The New York Times is one of the most effective tools for limiting discussion in the U.S. political system. Falsely perceived as a left-leaning outlet, it has the power to make the most reasonable proposals seem ultra-radical by placing them beyond the [...]