Evidence Karen Handel is not bipartisan can be found in a Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy report. The study found Karen Handel to be one of the least bipartisan House lawmakers. She was 435 out of 438 in terms of her ability to...
The case of Nydia Tisdale, a Georgia citizen journalist, illuminates the power of the State to force behavior. But, while they may be able to force behavior, they cannot control information. Once the guilty verdict was announced it was posted on the Internet. Then...
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The facts reported in this new study are absolutely the most important facts that have come across my desk in awhile. The facts I'm talking about come from a new study by the Pew Research: Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions. Republicans...
Jay Caruso, in this post on RedState, attempted to smear Liberals by using a Washington Post story. The Headline of the Washington Post story is "In Alexandria shooter’s hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle America’s inner frustration." The Headline for...
George Lakoff has a lot of important insights into our current civil disfunction. His theory, which I happen to fully agree with, says liberals like the Nurturing Mother world view, while, conservative like the Strong Father world view. For liberals, the community...
More specifically, “In 2016, Pew reported that 45 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Democrats felt that the other party’s policies posed a threat to the nation.” Democrats and Republicans tended to view people who supported the other party as “exceptionally...
Karen Handel's comment that she does not support a "Livable Wage" supports the narrative that Conservatives in general do not support the idea that poor people deserve any respect or consideration. This post from George Lakoff articulates the notion that how we view...
This feeds the narrative that we are moving more to the "Alt-Right." MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who...
I just learned a new term – Streaming analytics. Apparently streaming analytics is the application of analytics to data while it’s in motion, and before it’s stored – and includes data manipulation, normalization, cleansing and pattern of interest detection. Streaming...
I find this post from a Christian Media Outlet to be very important. I particularly thought the following quote interesting. Political candidates have proven they are able to motive their colleagues to strategize, work, and give to accomplish their goals more than the...
This email came across my desk today. It is from Ron Paul's Homeschool Business Here is what it say's: This college professor at a tax-funded university has advice for conservative parents about college. "Your sons and daughters should go to college and take the full...
I found a new term, "Political Motive Attribution Asymmetry" that adds to, "Confirmation Bias," "Selective Perception," and "Motivated Reasoning" as the reason our political problems seem to be so intractable. The term came from a Study called "Motive attribution...
Motivated Reasoning is where you know the answer you want and then you line up facts to support your answer. A great example of motivated reasoning was provided by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) (See Full Story Here). He is motivated to blame liberals for the divisions in...
This list of the 7 keys to being better understood is intended help you succeed more by helping you focus more on how you say something than what you actually say. A fundamental intent of most of us is being better understood. But, in reality, mutual understanding is...
Here are 5 important things to discuss about the Oregon Uprising by Armed White Folks (AWFs). First, let's be clear, this latest uprising by AWFs should come as no surprise to anyone that's paying attention. When Sharon Angle, Nevada Senate Candidate in 2008, said...
The Republicans base their entire philosophy on a number of conclusion that all the “experts” in the world would see as completely false. Man has had no impact on Global Warming. - 97% of "Climate Scientists" disagree More guns would reduce deaths by guns. - No...
In the past, it was sufficient to model Knowledge as a tree. Today, it is better to model knowledge as a network, not a tree. Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics...
Here is what Restate wants to say: WOW! According to Restate John Boehner is not conservative enough. According to Restate he has 'betrayed the values" they believe in. The GOP is in huge trouble.
Here is what Restate wants to say: WOW! According to Restate John Boehner is not conservative enough. According to Restate he has 'betrayed the values" they believe in. The GOP is in huge trouble.
Three months after I graduated from college and following a summer journalism fellowship at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, I had my first interview for a full-time newspaper reporting job. It was in Wilmington, N.C. The managing editor of the newspaper picked me up...
Three months after I graduated from college and following a summer journalism fellowship at the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, I had my first interview for a full-time newspaper reporting job. It was in Wilmington, N.C. The managing editor of the newspaper picked me up...
Now that the GOP has nine declared candidates for President of the United States in 2016, it would be a good time to see how much they lie. (Hint: it’s much more than the Democrats). Based on statements that were fact-checked by Politifact, a non-partisan...
The former Governor of Arkansas appeared on Christian television show, Life Today, to deliver his message that our nation would be so much better off if we all just believed in God. I put together a short video of my reaction to it. I really don't get it. If God makes...
The former Governor of Arkansas appeared on Christian television show, Life Today, to deliver his message that our nation would be so much better off if we all just believed in God. I put together a short video of my reaction to it. I really don't get it. If God makes...
Solution Aversion - Why People Believe What They Believe In order to thrive in a rapidly changing world the better we learn the better we can adapt to the changes. So, the Learning Community is always interested in what are the barriers to learning. A recent...
Bill Maher asked this question, "Do you think social media made us bigger assholes, or we were bigger assholes and it just exposed us as being that?" Maher posed the question to Nerdist Industries CEO, and host of @Midnight on Comedy Central, Chris Hardwick, after...
A interesting post from the Religion New Service (RNS) about the "Edit Wars" on the Religious Pages of Wikipedia clearly demonstrate the difficulty to Building Consensus. But, there is a solution. Clearly identify what are facts and what are conclusions. Then...
Someone, most probably a Creationist, at the Henry Grady High School in Atlanta tried to use a cartoon in a freshman biology class that showed evolution, humanism, homosexuality, pornography, racism, euthanasia, divorce and abortion as the work of Satan and at war...