Solange Uwimana over at Media Matters draws our attention to an interesting conjunction between Glenn Beck and the late Richard Hofstadter : The year Glenn Beck was born, Harper’s published an essay by Richard Hofstadter in which the historian explained a “style of mind” common among “extreme right-wingers” of his time. He referred to it as “the paranoid style” for …
We warned you last October that the shit was about to hit the fan. That’s not fudge on your face.
No, really— where the fuck is this guy?? Bet you didn’t know there are just two branches of government in Libya. The “revolutionary sector,” which is “Revolutionary Leader” Muammar “Moe” Gaddafi hizzelf, and the 12-person Revolutionary Command Council; which is not elected, and cannot be voted out of office; they’re in power by virtue of their “involvement in the revolution,” …
We are, right now, living in an amazing moment of history. And this moment has happened because the youth around the world have decided they’ve had enough. Young people are in revolt — and it’s about time.
In free enterprise America, you can go shopping for and purchase an angry mob. I don’t mean just a few “action figures,” either.
Updating the ancient Greek myth of the Chimera The New York Times weighs in on presidential wannabe Sarah Palin‘s commemoration of what would have been the 100th birthday of conservative icon, Ronald Reagan: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Sarah Palin opened a weekend centennial celebration to Ronald Reagan by declaring that the United States was lurching toward a “road to ruin,” …
