“Critical theory” – the coy self-description of the ideological Left – self-consciously describes itself by the totality of its rejection of the existing social order, in identical fashion to old-style Marxists (Marx himself was a “critical theorist”). The explicit agenda of critical theory is to undermine the credibility and authority of the status quo in [...]
Am I a Kool Aid drinker? Well, this morning I’m actually a coffee drinker. The Kool Aid pitcher in the Swindle-Bey household fridge is just about empty right now.
I bring it up because apparently Fox News commentator Bernie Goldberg seems to think he knows what I’m drinking these days.
Last night I did a few live-blogging [...]
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David Swindle | February 2, 2010 | Posted in
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Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann turns on Israel.
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Mark D. Tooley | February 1, 2010 | Posted in
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No, really. They are running them on YouTube and getting lots of hits. They must have caved in and adopted a “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” strategy of backhanded support, since the more they critique Fox the higher Fox’s ratings go.
Check out this clip, in which O’Reilly says that the South [...]
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JE Tabler | January 27, 2010 | Posted in
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In reaction to my ongoing dialogue with Mary Grabar regarding drug legalization, conservatism and the counterculture, my NewsReal colleague Calvin Freiburger responded fairly to a poorly-worded statement of mine. Calvin highlighted these closing remarks for criticism:
A conservatism that can win is one which understands itself and defines itself as a political movement, not a cultural [...]
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David Swindle | December 26, 2009 | Posted in
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A tweet from leftist blogger Atrios near the conclusion of President Obama’s Afghanistan speech:
haven’t always agreed with obama, first time i didn’t think he believed his own spiel
And here’s what neo-communist Michael Moore (who I aggressively corrected this morning) had to tweet:
President Obama has now officially declared himself a war president. A sad moment indeed [...]
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David Swindle | December 1, 2009 | Posted in
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