Month: June 2011

No Jobs and Little Hope

If you watch Fox News, read right-wing blogs, or listen to talk radio, you might believe that the president is looking out for black people at the expense of whites. If that’s the case, he’s not particularly...

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On Orrin Hatch and GOP Poll Numbers

I don’t think it’s a great idea to put too much stock in any poll that has less than 500 respondents and a margin of error of +/- five percentage points. So, with that caveat, Deseret News reports that 59%...

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Does Fox Make People Stupid?

It’s a chicken and egg kind of question. While it’s true that multiple studies have shown that Fox News viewers are incredibly misinformed about current events and basic facts, it’s hard to say how much of that...

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About that Rick Perry Dude

Just in case Rick Perry does get in the race, you wanna read this. Here’s a funny excerpt: And in Texas, what works is to swagger around like a tough guy, propagating a barely literate reading of the United States...

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