Thirdeye Magazine » Current Events http://www.thirdeyemag.com Using Creativity to Build Better Communities Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Poison of the Democratic Party http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:54:05 +0000 David Siwik http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/ This current election is something else. The race between Obama and Hillary is a reminder of the absolute poison that the Clintons brought to the Democratic Party, and what a duplicitous and self-serving couple of thoroughly narcissistic people Bill and Hillary have always been. Bill Clinton, in campaigning for his wife, has degraded the institution of the Former Presidency down to the lowest common denominator. Case in point: His reference to Obama’s “fairytale” run for the White House and utilization of the race card – confirming what a classless individual ole’ Slick Willie really is. The Clintons are a marriage (and a mirage) of a desultory individual from Arkansas and a conniving lawyer from suburban Chicago. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/the-poison-of-the-democratic-party/feed/ 5 God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/#comments Fri, 04 May 2007 05:23:52 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/05/03/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/ A brief R.I.P. in memory of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. -- a big influence on many Thirdeye staffers. ]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/god-bless-you-mr-vonnegut/feed/ 0 Silencing Science http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/silencing-science/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/silencing-science/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:46:26 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/03/03/silencing-science/ If you’ve seen Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, allegations that the Bush Administration manipulated federally-funded studies in order to downplay the threat of global warming are hardly any surprise. These manipulations have expectedly muddied the picture on global warming throughout the general public’s mindscape. But now Congress is finally taking notice. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/silencing-science/feed/ 0 Hiding in the Center http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:32:32 +0000 Steve Morse http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/ The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing in February on whether certain civilian officials in the Pentagon manipulated intelligence to support the Administration’s decision to go to war against Iraq four years ago. At the end of the hearing, the committee’s new chairman, Senator Carl Levin, wagged his finger at the Pentagon’s Inspector General, calling the report the most "devastating" he’d seen in his Senate career. Levin, it seemed, hadn’t been quite steamed about anything in a while – including the President’s recent unveiling of the troop “surge.” [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/hiding-in-the-center/feed/ 0 A Bull in a China Shop http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:18:42 +0000 Marian Kromkowski http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/ Last November, many Americans were celebrating the new Democratic majority in the House and Senate. Outrage and concern over the Iraq War had forced Democratic and Republican candidates to address not only the government’s decision to go to war, but also the handling of the war since 2003. More often than not, candidates who advocated a change in course were elected. These results clearly challenged the Bush administration policy of “staying the course.” But rather than heeding the voice of the people, on Jan. 11 President Bush dismissed overwhelming disapproval of the war, ignored military advisors' skepticism over a “surge” in forces, and announced an increase of 21,500 troops in Iraq.[...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/a-bull-in-a-china-shop/feed/ 0 Symbiotic Relationship http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/symbiotic-relationship/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/symbiotic-relationship/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:04:01 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2007/01/03/symbiotic-relationship/ To some, the technological prowess of our culture is seen as the ultimate destructive mechanization – responsible for everything from our current global ecological crisis to the general feelings of isolation and loneliness afflicting the modern world. But is this necessarily the case? [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/symbiotic-relationship/feed/ 0 Smoke Signals http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/smoke-signals/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/smoke-signals/#comments Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:00:15 +0000 Garret Ellison http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2006/11/03/smoke-signals/ Please imagine a teenager sitting on his friends couch, holding that first joint. This is a big leap for him, ignoring years of indoctrination, contemplating the small white cylinder in his hand. It looks harmless. It smells good. The allure of rebellion inherent in the act calls out to him. I think we all know how this little scenario usually unfolds. And it’s not with the “just say no” ending our legislators and court systems want to hear. Billions have been poured into anti-drug ad campaigns aimed at keeping our nation’s youth off that devil’s weed. [...]]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/smoke-signals/feed/ 0 Save the Internet http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/save-the-internet/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/save-the-internet/#comments Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:19:46 +0000 Jason Glover http://www.thirdeyemag.com/wordpress/2006/07/03/save-the-internet/ What do you get when you cross the Christian Coalition and pro-gun advocates with MoveOn.org and the Feminist Majority? If you guessed a brawl of epic proportions, you’d be wrong. These groups, and others from across the political spectrum, are actually working together towards a common goal: saving the Internet as we know it.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/save-the-internet/feed/ 0 Typhoid Jack http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:08:41 +0000 Garret Ellison http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/ A congressional plague is reaching critical mass. "I don't think we've had something of this scope, arrogance and sheer venality in our lifetimes," writes Norman J. Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank. "It is building to an explosion, one that could create immense collateral damage within Congress and in coming elections."
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Patient Zero of this plague is Washington K-Street lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The Plame case might grab the headlines, but Abramoff is regarded as the sharpest stake pressed against the heart of the Republican Party. He will become a household name in 2006.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/typhoid-jack/feed/ 0 Rove, Plame, and a Very Dirty Game http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/ http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:20:10 +0000 Garret Ellison http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/ You might think people would find it disturbing that George W. Bush's political "Architect" grew up idolizing Richard Nixon. Or, that one of his favorite tricks to play in his college republican days was to steal Democratic campaign stationary and direct mail the entire country invitations to a fictitious Democratic keg party. But the world of politics is a sordid place. It's to be expected that someone hailed as the most influential advisor to a sitting president would grow up with a fondness for dirty tricks. On a long enough timeline, however, everyone's survival rate drops to zero. Even Karl Rove.]]> http://www.thirdeyemag.com/nonfiction/current-events/rove-plame-and-a-very-dirty-game/feed/ 0