Category: Politics
Irradiated Iraq
by Barbara Koeppel | Mar 30, 2016 | Foreign Policy, National Security, PoliticsImage Credit: Edel Rodríguez When the United States revealed in January that it is testing a more nimble, more precise version of its B61 atom bomb, some were immediately alarmed. General James Cartwright, a former strategist for President Obama, warned that “going smaller” could make nuclear weapons “more thinkable” and “more usable.” However, what is little known […]
Black Republicans in the Age of Trump
by Chauncey DeVega | Mar 21, 2016 | Election 2016, PoliticsPhoto Credit: Joe Catron Donald Trump’s political ascendance has been a nightmare for the Republican Party, but a gift for journalists, political analysts, and opinion writers. “Trumpmania” has been dissected in many ways. Hundreds if not thousands of “think pieces” and other types of work have been published on the violence at Trump rallies, […]
Taco Wars and Terrorist Cowboys
by Michelle García | Mar 17, 2016 | Politicsphoto: Dzrt Lizard “Come and Take it” shirt In early March, war broke out between San Antonio and Austin over the culinary treasure that some refer to as the “breakfast taco” and natives of its birthplace in deep South Texas call the taquito. The dispute, instigated by an ill-informed online article by a New York […]
Could Jeb’s Big PAC Have Saved Him?
by The Washington Spectator | Mar 15, 2016 | PoliticsPhoto Credit: Gage Skidmore. Image Credit: Kevin Kreneck “Technically known as independent expenditure-only committees, super PACs may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, then spend unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates,” according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.org. They are prohibited by federal law from donating to or […]
Obama on the Birth of Birtherism
by Peter Lindstrom | Mar 11, 2016 | PoliticsBirthers be like . . . Photo Credit: e OrimO Perhaps President Obama was waiting for the prime opportunity to describe “birtherism” as a symptom of a broader pathology afflicting the Republican Party. Lucky for him, that moment arrived during a joint press conference this week with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, when CBS […]
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