Fear, aggression, dogmatism and intolerance of ambiguity
8 comments November 30th, 2008
I was going through some old stuff and ran across THIS THING from five years ago. It reminds me of some of our Applesauce commenters.
Archive for November, 2008
How many American lives have been lost in retribution for U.S. torture tactics?
Add comment November 30th, 2008
A former U.S. interrogator SAYS building rapport with terrorism suspects is more effective than torture.
The GOP’s McCarthy gene
1 comment November 30th, 2008
Neil Gabler ARGUES that Joe McCarthy, not Barry Goldwater, was the father of modern Republican conservatism.
Here’s what the U.S. automakers should say to Congress
1 comment November 29th, 2008
Mitch Albom has it just about RIGHT.
Prominent neo-con chickenhawk wants Bush to give medals to torturers
8 comments November 29th, 2008
Pundit Bill Kristol, a leading light of the neo-conservative movement, CONSIDERS torturers heroes and wants them honored as such.
Kristol’s a man’s man (even if he supported the Vietnam War while avoiding military service in it).
Obama second only to Reagan in popular-vote share of the total American populace
19 comments November 29th, 2008
The inimitable Nate Silver has some INTERESTING STATS regarding this year’s presidential election compared to those of the past.
POSTSCRIPT: It seems counterintuitive, but the Democratic candidates have won the popular vote in four of the last five presidential elections.
POSTSCRIPT II: Another fascinating stat from this year’s election: In congressional races, 14 out of 16 hard-line, anti-immigration Republicans lost their seats to pro-comprehensive-reform Democrats. See HERE.
POSTSCRIPT III: The percentage of Americans who are confident in Obama’s ability to be a good president substantially exceeds his share of the vote in the election, as we see HERE.
Conservative columnist sees Obama as champion of family values
1 comment November 28th, 2008
Kathleen Parker, who was savaged by some of her fellow right-wingers for having disparaged Sarah Palin, probably will get more of the same for writing THIS.
Noonan: Media want Palin to be face of GOP
16 comments November 26th, 2008
Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan (above) SAYS the mainstream media are mischievously — and insultingly — touting Sarah Palin as the leader of the Republican Party.
What do al-Qaeda and the GOP have in common? They both see pro-Obama bias in the MSM
10 comments November 26th, 2008
More than a few wingnuts are going to become very confused about THIS.
On the theory that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, they’re going to have to choose between Barack Obama and Ayman al-Zawahiri (above).