This is the first election cycle since the US Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision allowed for the creation of Super PACs. According to the latest issue of Harper’s Magazine (March 2012, p. 11), 72% of the advertisement purchases [Read more…]
Richard Adams’s live blog is my source for entertaining summaries of the Republican debates, like the one held yesterday. He concludes at the end:
I have long since given up trying to predict what is going on in this Republican contest. That aside, this debate did no one any good, not the candidates and [Read more…]
In the US, beliefs about Christianity tend to have considerable weight for some people in how they decide on public policy issues. However, whether Christians see themselves as conservative or liberal, there is inevitably some discrepancy between their personal policy preferences and a plain reading of the Bible’s teaching on [Read more…]
All those who are worried that Rick Santorum might win the presidency can relax. Donald Trump has announced that if Santorum gets the Republican nomination, he will “seriously, seriously” (this means he’s really, really serious) consider entering the race in order to thwart him because at this crucial time in the nation’s history “We need someone that’s really going to be great” and Santorum doesn’t cut it while The Donald of course does.
We can all sleep easier knowing that Trump will save the day.
Rachel Maddow talks about how our elections have become proxy battles for billionaire interests. A large segment, starting at around the 3:00 mark, deals with Mitt Romney’s secretive national finance co-chair Frank VanderSloot whom [Read more…]
In an earlier post, I wrote about Rush Limbaugh lamenting the fact that the Republican party establishment wants to avoid fighting a culture war election, which he [Read more…]
It looks like Greece has been strong-armed into accepting the terms of the Eurozone bailout. It seems like this bailout is not a bailout of Greece but of all the banks that lent money to successive Greek governments with seemingly little caution. Much of the bailout money given to Greece will immediately go out again to repay the banks, and [Read more…]
At least according to humorist Andy Borowitz.
The website Antiwar.com is essential reading for me. In my opinion, it is the most useful and important comprehensive news and opinion site around.
The people behind it can likely be labeled as a mix of paleo-conservatives and libertarians who are refreshingly open to a wide spectrum of news and opinions from across the political spectrum and around the world, with a perspective that consists of opposing the idea of the US being a military empire, opposing wars of aggression, and protecting civil liberties.
They are holding a fund drive and I urge those who can to donate something.
A news report says that the New York city police department has been sending undercover agents to infiltrate Muslim student organizations on college campuses outside their jurisdiction and even outside their state. The names of students taking part in such things as white water rafting are deemed [Read more…]