Break On Through (To the Other Side): Part I

by D.R. Tucker August 21, 2016January 9, 2022

With apologies to Rachel Maddow, let’s play a game of “Debunktion Junction.” True or false: there is widespread progressive anger over Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s attempts to attract Republican support. Absolutely false. The New York Times missed the mark by a mile when it promoted the idea that there are legions of liberals who […]

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Riders on the Storm

by D.R. Tucker August 21, 2016January 9, 2022

In late-December, and again in late-June, I noted that if Paul Ryan’s worst nightmare comes true, and Democrats regain control of the House and Senate on November 8 thanks to Donald Trump’s hot mess of a presidential campaign, there will be a full-court press by progressives and climate activists to take care of the biggest […]

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The Path of the Sociopath

by D.R. Tucker August 20, 2016January 9, 2022

They did it while Louisiana drowned. They didn’t give a damn about how many people had lost their lives, or how many people will lose their lives if we don’t transition as quickly as possible away from fossil fuels. They couldn’t care less about the health impacts of carbon pollution, and the fact that it […]

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The Consequences of Clint’s Callousness

by D.R. Tucker August 20, 2016January 9, 2022

Somewhere in Burbank, California, a Warner Bros. Pictures executive is wishing Clint Eastwood would have kept his mouth shut. By mocking critics of bigoted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Eastwood has effectively dragged his upcoming film Sully–a dramatization of then-US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger’s heroism on the Hudson in January 2009–into the culture wars. How […]