With the massive growth of Super PACs, and the oceans of money they represent going to further the careers of political candidates everywhere, it almost seems quaint to argue over old-school advocacy groups. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, was founded in 1970 and went up in flames 40 years later. [...]
Shortly before his death by “natural” causes, Andrew Breitbart appeared at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, and said this of President Barack Obama: I’ve got videos, by the way. This election we are going to vet him. I have videos. I’ve got videos. This election, we are going to vet him — from his [...]
Tuesday night I sat in my bedroom with a friend, waiting on the primary results from Arizona and Michigan. I forget which channel it was, but suddenly Breitbart was there — one of four talking heads, each assigned its own little box. Breitbart was Breitbart, all untameable hair and bulging eyes. For a moment before [...]
I had planned to post a take on the upcoming U.S. Senate races today, especially given the changing landscape in two states. In Nebraska, former Senator Bob Kerrey, of Medal of Honor and war crime fame, announced he would indeed run for the Senate seat being vacated by conservative Democrat Ben “Don’t Call Him a [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
Venezuela has been in the media lately: following the death of Hugo Chávez, his chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, beat challenger Henrique Capriles in the current election for presidency. It was a miniscule margin of a win—about 50.7%–and as of this write-up, a contested verdict. But if you’re the average United Statesian, you are less aware [...]
