HomeTagged ‘New York Times’
Gabrielle Giffords shooting and political violence
When Jared Loughner shot and very nearly killed Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the U.S. media had an overwhelming, immediate response: fiery right-wing anti-government rhetoric has finally prompted a political murder. Paul Krugman stated it most succinctly in the New York Times, two days after the shooting:
When you heard the terrible news from Arizona, were [...]
Could eccentric Tea-Party-backed candidates distract from their backers’ agenda?
In Sunday’s New York Times, Frank Rich suggests that focusing on the eccentricities of some of the insurgent Republican candidates — dabbling in witchcraft, expressing suppport for Scientology — only serves to distract voters from the wealthy interests that they would serve if elected. His prime example is the controversial Christine O’Donnell of Delaware:
While O’Donnell’s résumé has proved [...]
Tea Partiers crash the party
Fall has officially begun, and the Tea Party has proven it’s here to stay, winning big victories in last week’s primaries.
That is, if we can decide exactly what the Tea Party is, points out the New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn. Is it a decentralized, grass-roots organization, comparable to liberal and leftist groups like Moveon.org or even [...]
Here comes Rand Paul and the Tea Party
After a year of proclaiming that the Tea Party, which about 18% of Americans claim to support, represents a popular uprising against President Obama, the Republican Party is now trying to stuff the tea back in the bag
Inside the mind of the Tea Partier
Today, of course, was “Tax Day,” marked by 768 Tea Party Protests across the country. (Slate has a map of how the movement has grown across the country.)
For the occasion, the Tea Party will unveil a “Contract From America,” a ten-point list which was arrived at through polling of its members. Here’s a summary:
(1) Require [...]
Common ground on evolution?
Robert Wright, in a fascinating essay in today’s New York Times, Charles Darwin channels his inner Barack Obama and looks for common ground on the conflict between believers in Creationism/ Intelligent Design and the mainstream scientific community.
Reflecting on our Lincoln Center debut
Last Thursday “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” enjoyed its World Premiere screening at Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. It’s taken this long for Laura and Joe and Milo to return home (okay, so we had some fun over the weekend running around Manhattan and taking in museums, etc.) and recover enough energy [...]
New York Premiere coming up – Thursday, Aug 6, 2009
We’re busy packing our bags for a visit to New York City to have our first major public screening of “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on Thursday, August 6, 2009. The screening is part of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Independents Night series.
Laura and Joe will both attend the screening [...]
NY Times has more detail on Tiller and his murder
The New York Times today published a lengthy and detailed story about Dr. George Tiller’s career and reactions of Kansas Pro-Life activists to his murder. Its fascinating reading for anyone who hasn’t gotten enough of this strange and tragic story.
The most notable facet of Dr. Tiller’s story is that he performed the rarest and most [...]
The next generation
Okay, so everyone’s been impressed by now by how much Obama inspired youthful activism in the 2008 election cycle. In making our movie, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” we spent a fair amount of time with young conservative activists who were equally impressive. So check out this kid at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference [...]