The list of anti-LGBT speakers lining up to speak at the Family Research Council’s (FRC) Values Voter Summit next week is growing longer and longer. Among the confirmed speakers are included such anti-LGBT favorites as GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, Rep. Michele Bachmann, former Sen. Rick Santorum and president of the American Family Association…
dvr this Turner Classic Movies, Sunday, Aug. 26, 11:30 p.m. King Vidor’s 1949 adaptation of Ayn Rand’s ridiculous novel about an ambitious, obnoxiously individualistic architect is high camp absurdity, which is fitting because of how influential Rand’s politics are among the most selfish of the current Republican leaders. Gary Cooper is Howard Roark, in arguably…
From the Republican outcry against U.S. Congressman and Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin’s use of the phrase “legitimate rape,” you might think he’s said something outside the conservative mainstream. You’d be wrong. Akin has plenty of company, with the proof available in the Library of Congress. Just 15 days after being sworn into the…
I’m not sure which word best describes the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential nominee; obvious, daring and destructive all come to mind and have been used by various media outlets. Most reporting focused on his budget and its impact on independent voters. Less has been said about what the Ryan…
