Saturday, September 20, 2014

Salon.com: This is how ISIS wins: Repeating the Bush/Cheney/Rove approach just won’t work

September 20th, 2014
Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Karl Rove

This is how ISIS wins: Repeating the Bush/Cheney/Rove approach just won't work

The way to battle ISIS long-term is to understand its appeal and retain our humanity. Take Sun Tzu's word for it!

John McCain, Barack Obama, Lindsey Graham

Barack Obama's worst defeat: How the president defined dovishness down

The man who vowed to end our "perpetual wartime footing" embraces ISIS policy one might call neoconservatism-lite

Ken Marino and Casey Wilson in "Marry Me"

Fall TV's rom-com boom: Why it's so hard to translate this genre to the small screen

"Manhattan Love Story," "A to Z" and "Marry Me" try to wring sit-com jokes out of rom-com tropes

Roger Goodell speaks at a news conference to address domestic violence issues and the NFL's Personal Conduct Policy, in New York, September 19, 2014.

Roger Goodell must go: Why today's press conference is too little, too late

In a rambling, self-indulgent press conference the NFL commissioner shows he still doesn't get what he did wrong

Supporters of the Yes campaign in the Scottish independence referendum in George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 18, 2014.

Scotland's referendum, 700 years in the making: Why the "no" vote was still a stunning watershed

To fully understand what happened yesterday one must first dig into the history of Scotland's nationalist sentiment

Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg: Reaching middle age made me happier

Salon spoke to the actor about "Hector and the Search for Happiness" and his own path to contentment

Michel Martin

"It was so frustrating not to have an outlet": Post-"Tell Me More," Michel Martin talks Ferguson

Now that "Tell Me More" is off the air, Martin continues the dialogue with a series of live shows for NPR

Terry Gilliam, on the set of "The Zero Theorem"

Terry Gilliam: Hollywood is just "gray, frightened people" holding on for dear life

The godfather of dystopian cinema on the death of Hollywood, why he gave up U.S. citizenship and his new movie

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The most egregious corporate social media gaffes

Joan Rivers's Facebook page recently endorsed the iPhone 6, then promptly deleted it

Kris Kobach

GOP's Kansas fiasco continues: A desperate scramble to get a Democratic opponent

The GOP's hit man in Kansas, Kris Kobach, will do all it takes to get Democrats to field a Senate candidate

Barack Obama applauds George W. Bush at the dedication ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, April 25, 2013.

We really must remember the epic failures of George W. Bush

The New York Times wants us to forget how we got here. The real problem is that Barack Obama stopped reminding us

2010 Sasquatch Music Festival

Local Natives: It really is a drug to perform in front of thousands of people

The indie rock band talks on their sophomore album, the pitfalls of touring and what comes next VIDEO

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10 red states that mooch off the federal government

Republicans claim they've had it with American socialism. Maybe they should return the tax dollars subsidizing them

China Alibaba IPO Tech Champions

Alibaba valued at $231.44 billion after debut day

The company was poised to have the largest IPO ever

APTOPIX Steelers Ravens Football

Hundreds and hundreds of Ravens fans line up to exchange Ray Rice jerseys

A quarter-mile-long line formed outside M&T Stadium starting at 4am. Sort of like waiting for iPhones, but better

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Steve Doocy thinks New York's municipal ID program is a plot to get "illegals" to vote

Geraldo Rivera rightly insists that it isn't VIDEO

Hillary Clinton

You can thank women for Hillary Clinton's economic platform

Clinton's focus on women and the economy isn't an experiment on voters, it's her going where women have led her

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Creationism is just the start: How right-wing Christians are warping America's schools

Miseducation isn't only a red-state problem. Right-wing Christians are effectively writing our country's textbooks

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Arrested, handcuffed man shot to death by police in Georgia

Authorities later found a firearm beneath the deceased

Dee Wampler

A lawyer's spectacularly ill-advised letter about the "homosexual agenda" goes viral

No, there is no one trying to "cram homosexuality" down your throat







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