Liberal talk show host Chris Hayes asked conservative pundit Ben Domenech on when he decided that he would stop being lied to by conservative leadership. His response? It’s not just grassroots conservative organizations that GOP big wigs intentionally mislead–it’s each other. But isn’t this the nature of politics in general?
By focusing–and rightly so–so much on the shitty website, we seem to have forgotten the larger, underlying reasons why we’re making the transition in the first place. Here, Obama reminds us.
In the thick of the Civil Rights Movement, the southern college finally opened its doors to African Americans in 1963. But just because they opened a door doesn’t mean they closed an anachronistic ideology; just this past September, two sororities rejected an African American student because of her race.
According to your favorite science guy, NASA is America’s best and most beloved brand. And he’s got a point: while founded in a Cold War context, it’s scientific inquiry and exploration for the sake of innovation and growth–not overt, undemocratic dominance. And for those reasons, it needs more funding.
This video is eight years old, and in that relatively short period of time things have only gotten worse. Sadly, these guys’ words are more relevant than ever.
