According to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, those that are licensed to teach in the Twin Cities must repudiate the idea of the American Dream and embrace the notion of America as fundamentally oppressive to the rights of minorities, Mike D’Virgilio notes.
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Is American Cultural Influence Declining?
Despite a decade of America being dumped on from every corner of the world, and with the current administration apologizing for our very exsistence, Herbert London argues that American cultural influence throughout the world will continue into the 21st Century.
Journalism or activism? Breitbart threatens Democrats with more video
Andrew Breitbart is a brilliant tactician with information. His latest pronouncement, however, is what one would expect from a political activist rather than an honest journalist seeking to inform the public, notes Daniel Crandall.
AP Becoming a Parody of CNN
In an ideologically monolithic media environment, it’s not good to have only one organization calling the shots on what is news, argues Mike D’Virglio.
Dr. Phil and the Fort Hood Killer
Dorothy Rabinowitz at the Wall Street Journal points out something that was obvious moments after the shootings at Fort Hood: the media and the military will call it anything but terrorism.
“Mad Men” And the Kennedy Assassination
AMC’s Mad Men’s latest episode powerfully deals with the beginnings of the wider cultural implications of the young president’s death, writes Mike D’Virgilio
‘Bella’ Shows Stories Are More Powerful Than Arguments
Political activists should be aware that stories are more powerful movers of the human spirit than propositions. A fine example comes from the journey of the amazing movie Bella, Mike D’Virgilio writes.
Abortionist Reflects on Dismembering a Baby While Feeling Her Own Flutter in Her Womb
A big part of people’s ambivalence about abortion stems from a refusal to acknowledge the gruesome nature of the procedure. >
Andrew Breitbart Takes on “Objective” Journalism
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the whole edifice of modern journalism is built on a lie, argues Mike D’Virgilio
The Presumptions of (Neuro)Science
Are belief in God and belief in science all that different? Mike D’Virgilio has his doubts.
Rush, the Rams, and Crying Racism
For daring to be part of a group bidding for the NFL’s St. Louis Rams, Rush Limbaugh was viciously slandered and libeled as a racist. For days. Practically no one in the dominant media culture rose to Rush’s defense—just weeks after many prominent figures defended pedophile fugitive director Roman Polanski. And there have been few if any public apologies from those who peddled the false, absurd, and grotesque claim that Rush pined for the days of slavery and wanted to give Martin Luther King’s assassin a posthumous Medal of Honor. But in today’s culture, being a liberal means never having to say you’re sorry, Jim Lakely writes.
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