Save the News
Attytood: A plea to America’s news directors and editors: Cancel Bush’s “Fear Factor” So why does the media fall for bogus or misleading terror stories, Charlie-Brown-football-like, time after time? One …
AlterNet: American ayatollahs
The Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right The United States is home to dozens of Religious Right groups. Many have small budgets and focus on state and local …
Fascism in America
“When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag.” – Huey Long In 2003, the Free Inquiry magazine published an article by Lawrence Britt, called “Fascism, …
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
The anniversary of one’s birth is a good time to whip out the old photo album and take stock of one’s relationships and accomplishments. So, let’s review the last few …
For your signature: a new declaration of independence
Daily Kos: We Declare, 2006 When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for we the people to reject our representative leaders, a decent respect to the opinions …
Joe blinks
I don’t usually post about Democratic Party machinations, but this is a giddy day in Netrootsland. Booman’s take: Lieberman Jumps Ship Joe Lieberman jumped ship today. He pledged to run …
War on the media
Media Matters – “Media Matters”; by Paul Waldman This week, the conservatives declared war. Not on The New York Times. Not even on the media in general. No, this week …
Open letter to the media
From Stranger at Blah3: Blah3 – Dear Media: You’ve been played like a ’59 GoldTop. Now what? Listen up, Rubes. You think that for the past six years you’ve been …
Changing Political Culture: Media revolution required
Barbra O’Brien of Mahablog guest blogs at Unclaimed Territory and introduces her series on saving democracy through media activism. I can’t wait to read the rest of it. She says …