Opinion: I Actually Agree with Rush Limbaugh
As a pretty staunch centrist independent, I agree very little with Rush Limbaugh. But when I see eye to eye with those whom I have deep seated disagreements with, I think it's good to highlight those...
View ArticleOpinion: The Brilliant Way Women Lawmakers Are Winning the War on Contraception
Rebuffing the ongoing crusade against women's health and women's rights requires a range of tactics. There need to be protests, such as members of Congress walking out on an all-male panel on...
View ArticleAdvertisers Who Don't Know They're Advertising
Dozens of advertisers have pulled their ads from Rush Limbaugh's radio show. But as The Atlantic Wire's Ellie Reeve found out, some of those advertisers didn't know they were advertising on the show in...
View ArticleOpinion: Leave De Niro (and Limbaugh) (and Coulter) (and Maher) Alone!
I know a thing or two about “inappropriate” humor. I have a Rihanna joke that no reputable outlet will print to this day.But I judged the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant at Symphony Space on...
View ArticleOpinion: Treat Women Equally? This Means War!
When Hilary Rosen lobbed her clumsy comments at Ann Romney, and inadvertently smacked the 23 percent of moms who are stay-at-home, it was just the latest shot in a campaign waged around women.It came...
View ArticleOpinion: Let's Keep Our Paranoid Politics From Destabilizing America
The 2012 presidential election is turning out to be one of those tense and paranoid contests, much like the atmosphere surrounding the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was so hated and feared...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'The Dark Knight Rises'
From plot points to conspiracy theories to the tragic shooting in Colorado, Rafer and Kristen look at "The Dark Knight Rises," and the drama that's surrounded the film.Want to subscribe to Movie Date?...
View ArticleSandra Fluke Speaks Out on 'War on Women' in Charlotte
There have already been dozens of references to a Republican 'war on women' at the Democratic National Convention this week. Conservatives have denied that such a war exists. If it does, then there is...
View ArticleWhy the NFL Ref Lockout Had the Public on Labor's Side
NFL referees have managed to do what public sector employees in Wisconsin and teachers in Chicago couldn’t: Inspire near-unanimous public sympathy for the demands of organized labor.Refs will return to...
View ArticleConservative Talk Radio Is Having a Presidential Moment
Preaching against the scourges of political correctness and the mainstream media, conservative talk radio has influenced, and reflected, the Republican electorate for a quarter-century. But in a...
View ArticleConservative Talk Radio's Election
The 2016 presidential race is turning out to be conservative talk radio's election. Donald Trump is its native son, and Ted Cruz has put it at the center of his media strategy. Matt Katz, a political...
View ArticleIs Conservative Talk Radio Losing Its Influence?
Ted Cruz has few friends on Capitol Hill, and the establishment is starting to line up behind him to take out Donald Trump.Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham...
View ArticleThe Power of Conservative Talk Radio
When Rush Limbaugh’s conservative talk show hit Sacramento in the 1980s, no one could have guessed the power that he - and other right-leaning radio hosts - would eventually wield. Limbaugh’s show was...
View ArticleHow Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump
A lot was reported about Tuesday night's State of the Union address. President Trump's characteristic self-congratulation, the fact-checking of his error-filled speech, and Nancy Pelosi's sensational...
View ArticleHow Rush Limbaugh Paved The Way For Trump REBROADCAST
What more can we say: El Rushbo is dead. He died Wednesday after a months-long bout of lung cancer, and following decades of racist invective, misogynistic bombast, and other assorted controversy. He...
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