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Glenn Beck and Dr. Martin Luther King: Separate and Unequal

Posted by Carl Mitchell on Thursday, June 24, 2010, In : Society

So far in my blog I’ve refrained from writing extensively about the nation’s friendly neighborhood demagogue - Glenn Beck. I’ve refrained because it’s kind of hard to keep up with his rants and harder still to find adjectives to describe the depth of his psychosis. However, things have been getting stranger than usual in Glenn Beckistan lately and I cannot let his latest delusions go without comment. You see according to Glenn Beck he is the re-incarnation of Martin Luther King Jr....
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Five Things Republicans can do for a Comeback: A Progressive’s Prescription

Posted by Carl Mitchell on Monday, April 12, 2010, In : Politics

I’ve decided to do something that every fiber of my left-wing being tells me not to do – give conservatives a prescription for a comeback. I know my friends will call me a traitor for giving out this unsolicited advice but I don’t follow strictly progressive views on every single issue. I’ve parted ways on several occasions with my friends. Also, I know that the people in the Republican Party who matter in terms of formulating their strategies will never read this and would be too ...
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“Is President Obama’s desire to seek compromise greater than his desire to seek change?”

Posted by Carl Mitchell on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, In : Politics

Since the beginning of the Obama presidency, both liberal and conservative pundits alike have been trying to lay even money on what will be its undoing. (Though with conservatives the speculation has been as much wishful thinking as it has been informed speculation.) Commentators who run the political spectrum from conservative pundit and MSNBC contributor, Patrick J. Buchanan, to co-founder and editor-in-chief of the ‘Huffington Post’ Arianna Huffington have both contributed to this co...
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