politics
Do you see what I see?
Much has been made of Rush Limbaugh’s use of the terms “slut’ and “prostitute” to degrade Ms. Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student who testified in favor of affordable contraception for all women. I too, felt outrage at his remarks. What he said next, however, reached even deeper than anger or outrage to me. He suggested that women who support Ms.MORE »
Politics and Facebook Don't Mix
Uncertainty about the economy and the future leaves most people feeling uneasy. Add in the complexities of managing family life and work, and it's easy to see why we so eagerly seek the diversions of relaxation and entertainment.MORE »
The era of conservative discontent
It takes very little political savvy to see the discontent that roams the right in the American political scene. A conservative House of Representatives is dysfunctional – with Speaker Boehner unable to coalesce his troops. The popularity of GOP presidential candidates changes monthly, with half already dropping from the race. The voices of the Tea Party are surprisingly quiet.MORE »
Erik Esse
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Newt Gingrich is "tired of the elite media". I am tired of Newt Gingrich!
Like the newscaster in the movie Network, I am “mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” At least not with the nonsense purporting that the major media in America is some sort of liberal cabal conspiring to defeat conservative principles. Such a claim is totally without merit, and the facts speak just the opposite.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | It's time for a Ronald Reagan reality check
To quote the 40th president’s own words: “There you go again!” And indeed we do, as we enter the 2012 presidential election year. Virtually every “certified” conservative candidate, at every opportunity, now kneels in front of his or her base, and reverently says the magic words…“Ronald Reagan”. The applause never fails. MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | The real tragedy of the Solyndra affair
The recent Daily Planet story on the Hiawatha transmission line brings up the subject of clean energy development, and revisiting the demise of Solyndra solar.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Fear of Muslims has gone over the top
In a recent Daily Planet story on American Muslims after 9/11, and an excellent editorial in the September 11 Star Tribune (“America paid too high a price for fear”), the writers touch on the important point that “political opportunists” have stoked unfounded fears about Islam; and fear mongering “has become a staple of American political discourse”. IndeeMORE »
Jim Klobuchar On Amy & American Politics
Author, columnist, adventurer and father of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Jim Klobuchar offers his personal, sometimes moving takes on campaigning with his daughter and the state of American politics.MORE »
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