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The Conscience of ‘Homeland’

November 26, 2012 By Vincent Scarpa Leave a Comment

There’s much to learn from the way ‘Homeland’ humanizes.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Foreign Policy, Homeland, news media, Showtime

A Godless Liberal Gives Thanks

November 21, 2012 By Vincent Scarpa 1 Comment

The election is behind us, and there’s plenty of people to be thankful for.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Barack Obama, Janeane Garofalo, Matt Taibbi, MIchelle Alexander, rachel maddow, Sam Seder, Thanksgiving, The Majority Report

Voting for Humanity

November 19, 2012 By Matthew Salesses 2 Comments

In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt wants to vote for babies and a man in line to vote has a possible heart attack.

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Filed Under: Featured Content, new dads, Politics Tagged With: Asian-Americans, Babies, Chinatown, fatherhood, heart attack, humanity, love recorded, Matt Salesses, polarization, politics, Presidential Election, This American Life, voting

It’s Time for the GOP to Vote Some People Off Their Island

November 18, 2012 By Vincent Scarpa Leave a Comment

Why the Grand Old Party should take a cue from “Survivor.”

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Drudge Report, Glenn Beck, John Sununu, media reform, Michelle Malkin, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Survivor

No Israeli Boots on the Ground

November 17, 2012 By Vincent Scarpa 17 Comments

If this becomes a ground game, the U.S. should impose economic and trade sanctions against Israel.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Benjamin Netanyahu, Bodies for Ballots, economic sanctions, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, The Daily Beast, War, Yousef Munayyer

An Introduction to Politics

November 16, 2012 By Vincent Scarpa 6 Comments

Vincent Scarpa wants to talk politics, and he’s inviting everyone into the discussion.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: corporate greed, discussion, government, humanization, Mitt Romney, politics, social justice, submissions, Vincent Scarpa

Freedom, Business and Change

November 14, 2012 By Carl Pettit 2 Comments

If conservatives want to run America like a business, they should never turn a potential customer away.

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Filed Under: Featured Content, Freedom, Politics, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: American politics, business, business practices, capitalism, civil rights, commercial liberty, conservative, conservative values, consumers, Entrepreneurship, family values, fiscal conservative, Freedom, gay rights, homophobia, Immigrants, innovation, liberal politics, liberty, marginalized groups, marijuana legalization, oppression, People of Color, prejudice, Racism, real estate, Republicans, run America like business, social liberal, United States, women's rights

The Demise of the Far-Right Conservative White Guy

November 10, 2012 By Nathan Graziano 119 Comments

It’s not that bad, guys.

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Vote-By-Mail Just Works Better

November 6, 2012 By Noah Brand 6 Comments

Noah Brand makes the case for nationwide mail-in ballots.

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Filed Under: Featured Content, Politics Tagged With: Democracy, election, Noah Brand, Oregon, postal voting, vote by mail, vote suppression, voter fraud, voter intimidation, voter turnout, voting

Is Our Vote Determined By Our Biology?

November 6, 2012 By Brandon Ferdig 5 Comments

Brandon Ferdig discusses Jonathan Haidt’s ideas of openness within a moral matrix to look at how we vote.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: biology, election, politics, voting

Two Harvard Men Battle For President

November 5, 2012 By Liam Day 2 Comments

Liam Day asserts that as little as they or their supporters might like to admit, Obama and Romney have a lot in common.

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What Does ‘Mitt’ Mean?

November 5, 2012 By Chuck Ross 2 Comments

Would you vote for a ‘Willard’ over a ‘Barry’?

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: athletes' names, Barack Obama, Barry Obama, CEO, Christian Science Monitor, class markers, class privilege, Frank Nuessel, GOP, LinkedIn, masculine names, men's names, Mitt, Mitt Romney, Mormon, nicknames, onomastics, politics, popular men's names, President Obama, professional image, regular Joe, Romney, University of Louisville, what's in a name, Willard Romney

Where Are the Gays Who Stand Up for Gays?

November 1, 2012 By Donald D'Haene 10 Comments

Donald D’Haene wants to know: Where are the fearless members of the LGBTQ community?

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Filed Under: Gay & Bisexual Men, Gay Pride, Politics, The Good Life Tagged With: 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign, 9/11, AIDS, anti-gay, Chick-fil-A, christians, civil rights, DADT, Dan Cathy, David Charlebois, death, don't ask don't tell, Ellen DeGeneres, equal rights, ex-gay, Exodus International, Father Mychal Judge, Focus on the Family, Freaky Friday, gay Americans, gay heroes, gay pride, gay rights, gays in the military, ground zero, homosexuality, Jerry Falwell, LGBTQ politics, Log Cabin Republicans, Mark Bingham, Massachusetts Supreme Court, Matt Foreman, Matthew Shepard, Mitt Romney, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Paul Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell, same sex marriage, The View, U.S. politics, U.S. President, United Airlines Flight 93, World Trade Center heroes

What Makes A Democratic Republic?

October 31, 2012 By Sean Davis 4 Comments

Sean Davis has a few words for anyone planning not to vote.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: citizenship, Democracy, election, politics, pride, Responsibility, voting

Beyond the Two-Party System

October 20, 2012 By Brandon Ferdig 1 Comment

The two-party system has bottle-necked democracy. No wonder Chinese people laughed at Brandon Ferdig’s descriptions of American campaigning.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 2012 US Presidential election, American politics, campaigns, china, Democracy, Ellison vs. Fields, Freedom, James Madison, liberties, mens news, Minnesota, Minnesota House race, Mitt Romney, partisan politics, politicians, politics, presidency, President Obama, rights, service, two-party system

The “Have Not Voted” Party

October 19, 2012 By Donald D'Haene 2 Comments

Why do you vote? (Or don’t, as the case may be.)

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Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Politics Tagged With: 2012 US Presidential election, American politics, apathy, being polite, Canada, Canadian politics, disempowerment, election, elections, empowerment, Environics, get out the vote, HIV/AIDS, Huffington post, London, Media, mens news, Mitt Romney, New Democratic Party, Pierre Trudeau, President Obama, Stephen Lewis, surveys, voting

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Father and Son Graduate College Together

On Sunday, two Dorian Joyners donned their caps and gowns to graduate from Morehouse College in Georgia, where the commencement speech was given by President Obama.

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Navy Lietenant Thomas Saenz Earns Master’s Degree in Combat Zone

For Thomas Saenz, no risk was too great to get the education he wanted.

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Georgia Town Sued for Forcing Gun Ownership on Residents

A city ordinance requiring all heads of household to own both a firearm and ammunition has many advocates of gun control up in arms.

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French President Signs Marriage Equality Legislation Into Law

Same-sex marriage and adoptions are now legal in France.

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50 Years Ago Today: ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

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What Real Men Talk About

Justin Cascio talks to T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures, about writing, crying, and being a real man.

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