Tea Party Taboo: Tackling Social Issues
October 29, 2011 at 11:02 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | 1 CommentTags: abortion, gay marriage, Immigration, Social Issues, tea party
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – October 25, 2011
The Tea Party’s success has been due in no small part to its avoidance of social issues. By focusing on economics and the rule of law, the movement maintains a broader appeal than previous conservative coalitions.
It is so taboo to discuss social issues within the Tea Party that activists sought for comment fled from this author. Some feared that exposing their positions on social issues might undermine their viability within the movement.
Nevertheless, Tea Partiers do have positions on issues like gay marriage, abortion, immigration, and drug control. Those positions differ one Tea Partier from another, and can be diametrically opposed. Rather than engage in those arguments, Tea Partiers seek to preserve their coalition by focusing on points of agreement.
Our Idiot Brother: The Tea Party’s Relationship to Occupy Wall Street
October 20, 2011 at 12:28 am | Posted in Pajamas Media | 3 CommentsTags: Occupy Wall Street, tea party
I'm here for Occupy Basement.
by Walter Hudson – Pajamas Media – October 17, 2011
We are products of our choices more than our environment. Perhaps nothing demonstrates this more than the stark difference between siblings. Two children born and raised in the same home by the same parents, taken to the same church, and taught in the same schools can nevertheless lead remarkably different lives. One may strive to achieve while the other slacks. One may obey the law while the other breaks it. One may take responsibility while the other places blame.
As Occupy Wall Street demonstrations carry on throughout the country, many commentators have made comparisons to the Tea Party. While there are far more contrasts between the two, there is nevertheless a relationship worth noting. In effect, Occupy Wall Street is the Tea Party’s younger, misguided sibling.
Pouring the Tea into the GOP
October 13, 2011 at 11:14 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: gop, Jonathan Aanestad, Republicans, tea party, Tony Sutton, Walter Hudson
by Walter Hudson – Pajamas Media – October 11, 2011
“I want you to infiltrate the Republican Party.”
So said an August speaker at a meeting of the North Metro Tea Party in the Twin Cities. Such a charge is hardly noteworthy in and of itself. It has long been the goal of many within the Tea Party to affect public policy. Doing that requires electing public servants committed to the movement’s principles. Electing candidates is a function of political parties, and the Republican Party is an obvious place to start.
However, this speaker was no Tea Partier. This was Tony Sutton, the sitting chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota. For those in attendance, his invitation was shocking.
On Tea Party, Morgan Freeman Should Follow His Past Advice
October 5, 2011 at 1:27 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | 2 CommentsTags: Black History Month, Collectivism, common good, individualism, Morgan Freeman, Piers Morgan, race, Racism, tea party
by Walter Hudson – Pajamas Media – October 5, 2011
Where’s the Morgan Freeman who once called for an end to condescending racial hand-wringing? Where’s the Morgan Freeman who once stunned Mike Wallace by calling Black History Month “ridiculous”?
You’re gonna relegate my history to a month?… I don’t want a Black History Month. Black history is American history… Stop talking about [racism]. I’m gonna stop calling you a white man, and I’m gonna ask you to stop calling me a black man. I know you as Mike Wallace. You know me as Morgan Freeman.
That venerable actor appears to be gone, replaced by a bitter doppelganger engaged in the very race-baiting he once decried.
When Science Is Wrong: The Threat of ‘Truth’ by Consensus
October 5, 2011 at 1:24 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: Climategate, Einstein, environmentalism, Light Speed, Relativity, Richard Lindzen, Science
by Walter Hudson – Pajamas Media – October 4, 2011
Einstein may have been wrong. New evidence suggests that the speed of light, central to his special theory of relativity, may not be the ultimate speed limit. If the findings hold up, everything we think we know about the inner workings of our universe will need to be revised.
This potential discovery reminds us that science is a continual process which is rarely conclusive. That should inform our regard for politicized scientific claims.
A team of researchers at CERN pass the time by shooting muon neutrinos from Switzerland to Italy. While doing so, they noticed something they weren’t expecting.
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