Culture Warriors category archive
The Crypto Con 0
The Southern Poverty Law Center follows the funny money.
Republican Thought Police 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, seven former presidents of Florida universities unite to speak out against efforts in Florida (and other states) to pretend that history isn’t and certain persons aren’t. A snippet (emphasis added):
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Emma talks with Professor John S. Huntington about the deep racist and anti-worker roots of today’s it calls itself “conservative” movement. Those roots go deeper than you might think.
Indoctrination Nation 0
Peter Smagorinsky, emeritus professor at the University of Georgia, points out that not only can it happen here, it is happening here. Here’s just one of the examples he cites:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The New Secesh deploy duplicitous doubletalk to defeat desegregation.
Righting the wrongs of the past is in their eyes a wrong.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Clarence Page sees an uncomfortable parallel. A tiny bit from his article:
Yes, also new in this campaign, Trump’s attack invokes a theme from Hitler’s autobiographical manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” in which the Nazi Party leader railed about what he called the impurity of immigrants, Jews and interracial couples.
Republican Family Values 0
Emma and the crew discuss Jim Jordan’s legacy from his time at Ohio State.
The Weather Vane 0
The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger reviews recent events in the Republican Party, particularly in the House of Representatives. She comes to a disturbing conclusion and offers a way of predicting what might happen next.
And none of the current chaos on or off the Hill makes any sense unless you ask yourself this question: What would Putin do?
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Real Big Men 0
Michael in Norfolk marvels at the macho masqueraders pathetic poseurs.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam and his crew dissect the falsehoods and delusions in Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld’s call for Civil War v. 2.0.
In a similar vein, Will Bunch highlights Donald Trump’s continuing calls for violence. Just go read it.
Thought Police 0
In recognition of Banned Books week, the Bangor Daily News reran a column by Stephen King, one that first appeared over three decades ago. Here’s a snippet:
The whole piece is worth your while.
The Transmogrification 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, letter writer Darryl Cornelius traces the path of the Republican Party from the party of Lincoln to the party of stinkin’.
Whitewashing History 0
At the Des Moines Register, Gerald Ott reacts to Republican attempts to pretend that America’s history wasn’t.