WHY SO AGGRESSIVELY PASSIVE?
I recently read a remarkable article that answered one of my burning questions:
Why Are Americans Passive as Millions Lose Their Homes, Jobs, Families and the American Dream?
I want...
Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy New Year!
Long ago, there was a ferocious demon named Nian locked in a remote mountain. Every 12 months, Nian would leave the mountain and eat people until the locals discovered...
PROGRESSIVES AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
This is a great 4 part video interview with Jeff Cohen, a media critic and lecturer, founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, where...
HATE IN AMERICA, Part 3: The Psychology and Recruitment of Hate
The Southern Poverty Law Center counted 926 active hate groups in the U.S. in 2008—that’s a 54% rise since 2000. And those are only groups, lone wolves—no one knows...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The Death of Democracy
With the growing abuse of the filibuster and Democrats unwilling to take the strong action necessary to fix the economy and regain the public trust, with the airwaves and...
HATE IN AMERICA, Part 2: Hate Speech and the First Amendment
WHAT IS HATE SPEECH?
Hate speech is the kind of speech used to denigrate an individual or a group of people because of something about them, such as their race,...
Mexico’s ‘failed state’ threat
The U.S. military says Mexico's drug war puts it at risk of sudden collapse.
This is from the magazine, The Week—which I think is a great publication. It is dated...
Hate in America, Part 1: A History of Hate
While the subject of hate is complex, hate itself can be divided into two general categories: rational and irrational. Unjust acts inspire rational hate. Who but the most spiritual...
Hate In America
Rush Limbaugh:
"n Obama's America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering."
Glenn Beck:
"So here you have Barack Obama going in and spending...
Are We Really Liberals and Progressives?
Because we throw around the terms "Liberal" and "Progressive" so often in our discussions and debates here on Planet POV, and prompted by both KQuark's Gallup Poll chart and...