Posts from ‘September, 2009’

Win $100 for Reporting Campus Leftist Abuse!

Sep 30th, 2009
by Brad Tidwell.
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As you may know, I’ve been working with CampusReform.org through my job at the Leadership Institute. Since our official launch, we’ve been hard at work, helping conservative organizations across the country network and stay active on their campuses. Now, we’ve given college students the chance to do something really powerful with the website- report leftist [...]

On Conduct and Coverage

Sep 22nd, 2009
by James Kane.
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Brad Tidwell today offers a thoughtful rebuttal to my September 17th post Joe Wilson, 9/12, and the GOP Image Problem. In that response, my conservative colleague correctly observes that conservatives face a built-in uphill battle on the media front. He further reminds readers that Joe Wilson’s outburst was not exactly incorrect on its merits. On these two [...]

Serena, Kanye, Wilson and the GOP’s Crisis of Coverage

Sep 22nd, 2009
by Brad Tidwell.
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Serena Williams lost the tennis match. But for the most part, unless we had been watching the game, we wouldn’t all know that. It’s because of the video of her actions afterwards that literally everyone knows about it. Beyonce did not win the VMA music award for her music video. But, again, most people not [...]

Joe Wilson, 9/12, and the GOP Image Problem

Sep 17th, 2009
by James Kane.
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Two weeks ago, the name Joe Wilson would have been associated with the former U.S. ambassador to Niger whose name entered the public consciousness during the Valerie Plame Affair. Few outside of South Carolina had even heard of the member of Congress censured Wednesday over his comment a week earlier during President Obama’s most recent [...]

The Next Generation of Conservatism is Here- CampusReform.org

Sep 16th, 2009
by Brad Tidwell.
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Hey guys, You may have noticed I’ve been a little absent lately, but rest assured- I’ve been hard at work, helping put together a fantastic resource which could very well revolutionize how conservative college students interact and organize online. CampusReform.org is a comprehensive social networking site for conservative students, with elaborate subsites for every 4-year [...]

A Season to Watch?

Sep 12th, 2009
by James Kane.
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As the Fall season for American television gets underway this month, considerations with respect to possible new shows should be made. Indeed, debuting shows often end up cancelled, and the networks concerned then require alternative programming to fill the gap in their programming lineup. Thus, projects not previously embraced are able to then receive the [...]

For Want of a Port?

Sep 6th, 2009
by James Kane.
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With the recent passing of the seventieth anniversary of the German invasion of Poland commencing, reflection on the causes and effects of the second world war is worthwhile. One dynamic if this discussion certainly should be whether the war should be said to have started on the first of September, 1939, or whether a more [...]

Observations Regarding the Recent Japanese Election

Sep 2nd, 2009
by James Kane.
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The August 30 elections in Japan share many parallels with those held in the United States last November. In both instances, an unpopular ruling party was removed from power. Such parallels are interesting, even when one considers the inherent differences in the political systems of the two economic powers on either side of the Pacific [...]

Could Afghanistan Become Obama’s Iraq?

Sep 1st, 2009
by Aaron Marks.
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As we well know, the Iraq war contributed substantially to former President George W. Bush’s popularity free fall.  Could similar circumstances in Afghanistan contribute to a similar drop for President Obama? Soren Dayton via Twitter brought my attention to a piece that quotes the following from a McClatchy report: WASHINGTON – The prospect that U.S. [...]