american politics

On Foreign Policy (The War Sort)

Patrick June 3, 2016

Bleak musings for your weekend

The Right Path, Part II: Nate Silver and the Delegitimisation of Traditional Journalism and Objective Data IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-440073

The Right Path, Part II: Nate Silver and the Delegitimisation of Traditional Journalism and Objective Data

Tod Kelly March 25, 2014

"Data that contradicts the Ideology is a lie; institutions that publish such data are the enemy; those...

U.S. Presidency–Snow Day!

James Hanley February 18, 2014

Snow Day!

On “Truth” and Its Consequences – Why We Need A New Business Model for 21st Century Journalism IFRL-TLC-Religion-fancycrave-258203-unsplash

On “Truth” and Its Consequences – Why We Need A New Business Model for 21st Century Journalism

Tod Kelly April 4, 2012

On January 6, NPR’s This American Life aired an hour long and fairly damning segment on the...

Rick Perry’s Christian America IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-reinasofia.american-prisioners-released-in-spain-hendaya-855

Rick Perry’s Christian America

Guest Authors August 8, 2011

~by Tom Van Dyke Well, the problem isn’t perhaps-GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry attending a semi-political prayer...

The Pull to the Center IFRL-NaPP-Asia-3g10434v

The Pull to the Center

Jason Kuznicki September 15, 2010

Here’s what I was trying to say last night on Twitter. Christine O’Donnell’s upset win in the...

The Realignment of the (Perpetual) Future IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426266

The Realignment of the (Perpetual) Future

Jason Kuznicki June 18, 2010

I’m reluctant to riff on such a small bit from Lisa’s truly excellent post on political realignments....

What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-Yorimasa

What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t

Erik Kain April 16, 2009

Let’s start with “isn’t” first: ________________________________________ It’s not a war just about spreading democracy. It’s not a...

Jaybird in reply to CJCOLUCCI on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The weird thing is that people were, in fact, censored for the opposite.
CJCOLUCCI in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025And no one will "censor" you for the opposite. Pointing and laughing isn't censorship.
Brent F on Canadian Leaders Debate Amongst ThemselvesAs much as its nice to blame Trump for everything, Poilievre has very much been the author of much o…
KenB in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"the Democrats will be right on the basic principle but woefully wrong on the politics." It's a dile…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025May 2020 at the height of COVID had 51 ships blank sailing. April 2025 has over 80 ships blank saili…
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Eh, Trump has two major things going his way when it comes to the Dems. 1. The whole desire to fact-…
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025American born doctor from Connecticut with the very foreign sounding name Lisa Anderson receives a l…
Saul Degraw in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Do you know who you are dealing with in terms of monomania?
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Yea I mean I don't want to keep speculating. I have my differences on public policy but in my heart…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025There’s a drip drip drip of new information that, if not calculated, is unfortunate enough to suspec…