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Reagan the Progressive?
Well at least when you compare his track record on immigration to President Obama’s. Sound like a bunch of hooey? In 1986 President Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act which amnestied an estimated 3 million undocumented workers in the United States into citizenship. Whereas the current administration has deported a record … Continue reading
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Comparing the last two political movements in the country, the Tea Party and the Occupy protests, what’s been surprising is how the Occupiers have been out organized by it’s Tea Party peers. From the outside looking in you would assume that the opposite would occur. The Occupy movement was larger and had a significant presence … Continue reading
Albert Einstein said that Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result. As we’ve been entering the election year, watching the Republicans debate and try to find the best candidate to beat the Democrats I’ve been bombarded with propaganda disparaging both sides of the spectrum. To be honest … Continue reading
Today the North Korean government announced the passing of dictator Kim Jong Il (though some media reports have speculated his death was actually months ago). With his jumpsuit, glasses, and hairstyle he became a caricature, a cartoon figure in western media. We pitied the North Korean people and ridiculed the authoritarian rule in that country … Continue reading
Corporatism. The Oxford dictionary defines it as, “The central core of corporatism is the notion of a system of interest intermediation linking producer interests and the state, in which explicitly recognized interest organizations are incorporated into the policy-making process, both in terms of the negotiation of policy and of securing compliance from their members with … Continue reading
Dear Barry, To be honest I supported Dennis Kucinich over you in 2008, but let’s be real Kucinich was a long shot from winning. I did prefer you over Hillary and I don’t regret voting for you in 2008, because McCain would have been crazy. Back then I didn’t think I was making “well look … Continue reading
I have trust issues. I never believe what my government tells me. I conveyed this pessimism in a random conversation and I was labeled a cynic. But in the past 30 years has the government told us the complete truth about anything? In college (when I didn’t sleep in) in my mass communications class my … Continue reading
