If Shakespeare were still alive today and writing a modern-day version of Macbeth, he—aside from looking like a somewhat younger version of Ron Paul—would likely decide to replace those three vile witches and their boiling cauldron with a conservative think tank and a waiting room in which, instead of catchy though demonic chants, men in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Culture war’
Heartland Institute: Brainwashing Tomorrow’s Voters Today
Posted: 16th February 2012 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: climate change, Culture war, Global warming, Heartland Institute, home schooling, Jesus camp, Kirk Cameron, Koch brothers, leaked memos, Left Behind
AZ GOP Renews Its Jihad Against Schools, Nutrition, And Our Godless Kids
Posted: 24th January 2012 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: banned books, Bible Class, Christian Jihad, Christianity, CNResource, Culture war, ethnic studies, GOP, Rich Crandall, School Lunches, Terri Proud
You have to respect Republicans and their ability to transform their paranoid, faith-based concerns about big government into profit-making realities. Take the public education system, for example: For decades, Republicans have derided public schools and teachers for being inept, corrupting forces that poison our children’s minds while failing to pass on the most important things [...]
Santorum: Putting ‘Man Above Earth’ And Women Under Thumb
Posted: 21st February 2012 by Mike Stevens in CommentaryTags: Christian Right, Culture war, home schooling, Phony theology, President Obama, Rick Santorum, Santorum chauvinism, Women's rights
Rick Santorum is getting a bad rap from feminists, because despite all claims to the contrary, he’d fully support the women’s movement if only they’d let men run it. Plus, you’d be hard pressed to find a more ardent defender of a woman’s constitutional right to vote the way her husband tells her to.
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