The proposed mosque and community center in downtown Manhattan near Ground Zero continued to dominate the list of news links shared by bloggers, while Google's introduction of the ability to make phone calls via Gmail was the most-Tweeted news story,...
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Is this what Glenn Beck was talking about when he said that "a lot of universities are just as dangerous with indoctrination of our children as these terror groups are in Iran or North Korea"? Harvard undergrads woke up today to an inspiring alumni column...
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By John Ballard Peter Daou summarizes a sad state of affairs with The clamp down on American women. I see no way to parse and it's too good to miss so I'm grabbing the whole post. In a post on the travails of the left, I described the new (un)reality:...
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Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow are smart and talented performers, no less committed in their beliefs and values than Beck, but, hypothetically, their ability to attract a similar size crowd to Beck's, doubtful.
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HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Thursday night to weigh in on the "my demo is bigger than your demo" war...
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[This was an update to a previous post, but I decided it should stand on its own. There are some inspiring lessons here.] Great thanks to Glenn Beck for the mighty call-out on his TV show. He quotes this post here starting at 12:10, and continuing here....
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In his address to the nation Tuesday night about Iraq and Afghanistan, President Obama took a refreshingly frank approach: ÂToday we mark the end of our nationÂs military commitment in Iraq. Our foolish adventure there has been a catastrophe, a...
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Democratic - United States - Politics - Ann Coulter - Andrew Sullivan...
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Gold prices continue to soar and the precious metal is a favored investment of notables ranging from George Soros to TV talk show host Glenn Beck. That's led to a gold rush in places like the Rattlesnake Hills of Wyoming. Molly Messick of Wyoming Public...
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NPR | Friday, September 3, 2010
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Channeling Pauline Kael, someone over at The Atlantic says movement conservatism -- a "deeply unserious and corrupt political coalition" -- is teetering at the precipice because he spoke to some other guy who says he no longer considers himself a conservative...
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In 1936, when Gallup started tracking Labor issues, 72 % of Americans during that Great Depression, approved of Unions. Today in the midst of an economic slump, only 52% of the population believes in Labor unions. Also, President Obama fulfils a campaign...
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Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas' new book, American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin, and Power Bind Jihadists and the Radical Right, continues a long tradition in political polemics.
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A deconstructed transcript of Mr. Obama's Iraq & Economy speech. Good news from the Crescent… er, Oval Office. Well, not exactly good, because good news about wars is inappropriate by definition, inasmuch as all war is regrettable at best and often...
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United States - Sarah Palin - Glenn Beck - Georgia - United States armed forces...
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Glenn Beck - United States - Malcolm X - Political movement - The Atlantic...
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Glenn Beck - United States - Conservatism - Jonah Goldberg - The Real America: Messages from the Heart and Heartland...
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Before, I thought you were just another cable news talk show host. Now, you are using the language of a spiritual and even a religious leader. But to invoke the name of God and the vocation of a spiritual leader has consequences.
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You're either for net neutrality, or you're against it. The problem with the middle ground is that it doesn't exist; the search is futile. But that doesn't mean you can't go on searching for it forever.
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Even when it comes to Glenn Beck, clever analysis goes farther than a head-turning analogy Glenn Beck - Taliban - Abraham Lincoln - John C. Calhoun - Ulysses Grant...
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We've heard a lot this week about Glenn Beck, thanks to his "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday on the National Mall. But it was the summer of 2009 when I became truly addicted to his antics. It was the summer of the health care reform town hall meetings....
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Jennifer Aniston was spotted on a date last night with Harry Morton, founder of the Pink Taco restaurant chain and ex-boyfriend of Lindsay Lohan. More »...
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It’s just whitey circling the wagons. Some people, you have to admit, are just spoiling for a fight. Once one foe is vanquished, they will search without rest, until a new one is located and the quest for restoration of honor resumes immediately. These...
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He's constructing a world that allows his fans to avoid the pitfalls of introspection and critical thought...
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Glenn Beck has made a big deal about how his new website, The Blaze, will be staffed by real “journalists” who will “stand in the middle” and tell the truth without taking sides. But as others have noted, The Blaze seems to be short on actual...
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Kevin Drum on How To Learn To Stop Worrying and Whistle Past the GraveYard: Parties rarely move to the center immediately after a big defeat. Usually it takes two or three before they finally get the message, and on that metric Republicans aren't due...
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Continuing its practice of hosting some of the ugliest rhetoric around, the Washington Post’s On Faith microsite currently features an angry rant in which Danielle Bean suggests Barack Obama isn’t really a Christian and questions his “loyalties”:...
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While everyone is focused on the crowd sizes or Glenn Beck's tall tale about holding in his bare hands George Washington's inaugural address at the National Archives, the more important questions ought to be about the money.
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While black political leaders and activists focus on turning off Fox News, and clownish disputes with Tea Partyers and the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, are they missing something more important? Can any good come from a Democratic president reaching...
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The project by Muslims to build a mosque in the United States, close to the place where the 9/11 attack took place, is causing quite a stir. It is worth noting that the name chosen for the mosque is confrontational and provocative. The first Cordoba...
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You can go here for a great excerpt from Will Bunch's excellent new book on the kooky right--including a scoop on the bizarre story of how an ex-diet scammer now uses fear to get rich through Glenn Beck's website. Below is a video about the book starring...
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There is an excellent and informative documentary series on Aljazeera English entitled: Africa: States of Independence. It looks at African countries that are celebrating 50 years of independence from European colonial rule and what factors have led...
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Does politics today revolve around the dynamics of cable news? What might be the future of traditional network news and how should we prepare students for careers in journalism, media, and strategy? In an interview today at AoE, I turn to a colleague...
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Stephen Hawking says that God did not create the universe. Apparently this is a bit of a change from his previous statements about religion. Fair enough, I suppose. What gets me, though, is that according to the article, this change...
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Crooks and Liars has an amusing side-by-side chart looking at the achievements of Glenn Beck vs the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr. at various ages. Let's just say that Beck doesn't exactly stack up. Read the comments on this post......
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Why Glenn Beck Ought to Be Repeatedly Cock-Punched (National Archives Edition):You see that? That's the first page of George Washington's Inaugural Address. It's got eight pages. Fox "news" host and Jim-Jones-without-the-guts Glenn Beck did not hold...
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Last unofficial weekend of summer and the seasons final rant.... Other than a few hot burst in SoCal it never quite felt like summer. Too overcast and too cool. It may mean we are in store for one hot September...
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As the debate over whether or not President Obama is a Muslim has gone away, it has been replaced with the debate over whether or not the form of Christianity that he practices is a mainstream one. One of the biggest proponents of the belief that it...
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Glenn Beck has been in the news lately and, not surprisingly, so has his religion. Some have warned Christians to be wary of Beck, not because of his political views but because of his religious affiliation. He is, they say, not a real Christian. I'm...
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Politics of venom: voter turnout is near historic lows, and the sniping is only going to get worse...
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Jim Wallis is the driving force behind Sojourners, a progressive Christian website/magazine. Yesterday, he wrote an open letter to Glenn Beck, the driving force behind a political/religious movement-we-don't-know-the-name-of-yet. The letter said, in...
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The Christian Science Monitor reported last week that Fox News commentator Glenn Beck is accusing President Obama of not being a true Christian, but instead of believing in Marxist-based "Liberation Theology". The issue was raised by reporters at yesterday's...
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Over to you.
Fun to see these people for what they really are, isn’t it?
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It was inevitable. The moment former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman announced his homosexuality publicly, a flurry of journalists eagerly penned the obituary of the Republican Party's stance on traditional marriage. Again. It's happened...
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Thankfully, another loudmouth has thrown himself into the Not At Ground Zero Park51 Community Center mix: Ex-convict Bill Keller of Live Prayer. He hates Muslims, and even Glenn Beck! And he's trying to open a "9/11 Christian Center" in Manhattan. More »...
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On the warm Saturday morning that was Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally, I was slowly squeezing my way through a dense crowd, trying to make my way past the World War II Memorial. The National Mall was covered in a sea of people; men, women, and children...
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On his radio show yesterday, Glenn Beck criticized progressive radio host Bill Press over remarks Press made on Countdown that were critical of Beck’s analysis of President Obama’s religion. Press said of Beck “We don’t need a Mormon to teach...
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Genuine honor Updated Sep 3, 2010 12:01AM MDT My reflections on Glenn Beck’s and Sarah Palin’s recent “Restoring Honor” rally: They want to restore America and “take it back.” They want the good old days, which imagination has enhanced. In...
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As a deregulation romance novel, hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb's "investor letter" is a bodice-ripper. It's the latest salvo in an ongoing war against real financial regulations that protect the American people.
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A group of organizations is hosting a One Nation Working Together march on Washington in October, right where Glenn Beck Restored Honor last weekend. Here's a description of the people behind the effort. The October rally is a joint effort of 150s groups...
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