In response to the story about Will Phillips, the 10 year-old Arkansas boy who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance due the country’s woeful record on gay rights, Michael Lind argues that the very notion of a pledge of allegiance is counter to what America is supposed to be about. He traces the history [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Nancy Pelosi'
“Objectivity”
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics
In general, this article in the Politico is a useful piece defending Speaker Pelosi’s concerns about the danger created by hysterical rhetoric from the right. However, it adheres to the annoying journalistic rule that you cannot criticize one side, however valid that criticism may be, without including some seemingly equivalent criticism of the other side. [...]
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