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The controversy over Pink Slime – and what it means.
By
Gus diZerega
The controversy over pink slime is helping educate Americans to the fact that corporations are as beneficial to agriculture as they are to politics. Tom Laskawy put it pithily: “What pink slime represents is an open admission by the food industry that it is hard-pressed to produce meat that won’t make you sick.” But the…
How the “war on religion’ backfired into a war on women
By
Gus diZerega
Here is a really good article by Tina DuPuy on how the Republicans got themselves into such a mess with America’s more intelligent women. Left undiscussed is how the extreme pathological masculinity of both their deity and their leaders made that slip so very easy.
Further thoughts on our rapidly heating up culture war
By
Gus diZerega
UPDATES below For years the culture warriors have waged a slowly rising campaign against the women and the feminine in all forms other than the pregnant submissive housewife or cold-hearted ideological warriors such as Coulter, Palin, and Bachmann. One of the few authoritarian right wingers with solid academic credentials, Harvey Mansfield, wrote a book, Manliness…
Defeating the right while keeping our soul: Lessons from Limbaugh
By
Gus diZerega
We have seen a major victory among the forces of decency in our country. Not only has Rush Limbaugh now lost 141 advertisers. Better yet, a great many have indicated they want no association with right wing hate radio. They are leaving not only Limbaugh, they are leaving the whole putrid industry. Given the nature…
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