Showing posts with label right-wing extremism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label right-wing extremism. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tim Pawlenty really hates gay people (and really loves DADT)

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By Michael J.W. Stickings Minnesota Gov. Pawlenty, looking ahead to 2012, is making sure to present himself to his fellow Republicans, and s...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Glenn Beck is crazy, but he's one of the Democrats' best friends

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By R.K. Barry I usually get home around six and almost immediately turn on MSNBC and pretty much keep it on as background noise through most...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Glenn Beck's continuing obsession with Professor Frances Fox Piven and the roots of violence in America

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By R.K. Barry Several months ago I published a post about Glenn Beck's obsession with City University of New York Professor Frances Fox...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Right-wing blogger praises Giffords shooting, targets other politicians

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By Michael J.W. Stickings So you think Jared Lee Loughner is just some crazy dude who acted purely out of his own derangement, and that the ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

That crazy Arizona shooting: Jon Stewart, Sarah Palin, and the triumph of right-wing narrative

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By Michael J.W. Stickings I don't really have all much more to say about the Arizona shooting. We've written a lot here already on ...

Sarah Palin won't shut up

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By Nicholas Wilbur Thirty-eight percent of Americans let out a long sigh of relief this week when Sarah Palin assured them – and the rest o...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

How conservatives are deflecting responsibility for the Arizona shooting

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By Michael J.W. Stickings I've written it again and again, including earlier today : There may be no perfectly direct connection betwee...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Rendell, Giuliani call for "early detection system" for mental illness and guns

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By Michael J.W. Stickings The Hill : Two high-profile politicians [yesterday] called for sweeping reforms to the nation's mental health ...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Glenn Beck: Lies and the manufacturing of paranoia

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By R.K. Barry I hate thinking about Glenn Beck. I hate watching him on television. I hate reading his crap on the web. I hate writing about ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Playing politics with the Tucson tragedy

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By Nicholas Wilbur Nobody doubted the depth of denial that would gush from Rush Limbaugh's radio studio following the murderous rampage ...

The right's role in the Arizona massacre

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Guest post by Dan Fejes Dan Fejes is a blogger at Pruning Shears . He lives in northeast Ohio. ( Ed. note : I first came across Dan last Nov...

The Arizona shooting and the context of right-wing extremism

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By Michael J.W. Stickings Offering some of the best commentary yet on the Arizona shooting, Slate 's Jacob Weisberg makes the crucual di...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Hate, violence, extremism: Krugman on the Arizona shooting

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By Michael J.W. Stickings Just to drive the point home, allow me to quote Paul Krugman, who yesterday made the case that many of us have be...