Dan Arel's Blog, page 47

Is Donald Trump encouraging violence against Bernie Sanders supporters?

Now, Trump is calling on his own supporters to disrupt Sanders rallies and even using language that was vague enough to be threatening.

Neil deGrasse Tyson accuses anti-Trump protesters of trying to stop Trump voters from voting

Physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted out Saturday night that that "People who are anti-Trump are actually anti-Trump supporters — they oppose free citizens voting for the @realDonaldTrump."

Rachel Maddow: Clash at Trump event is no accident

Speaking about Friday night's violent outbreak in Chicago at a Donald Trump rally, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said it was impossible to call the class "an accident."

Fox News’ Megyn Kelly says Donald Trump’s first amendment rights have been ‘shut down’

Fox News' Megyn Kelly does not know how the first amendment works. She believes that because protesters showed up and legally protested a scheduled Donald Trump rally, that his first amendment rights have been "shut down."

Another study concludes that America is becoming less religious

These findings are not new, but more rather further confirmation that the United States is becoming less religious.

Josh Duggar has left rehab and has returned home to rebuild ‘relationships with his family’

In a statement on the family's website, the Duggar family has reported that Josh Duggar has completed his stay a rehab facility and has returned him to Arkansas to "rebuild" his relationship with his family.

Obama birther says Ted Cruz can be president because he ‘loves America’

Vocal Obama Birther says that constitutional rules do not apply to Ted Cruz because he has proven he loves America

Cock Talk: Anti-Intellectualism and the Masculine Ethos of Trump

This post does not merely criticize Donald Trump for being an ersatz “real man”. It criticizes those too-many Americans for whom such a ruse is somehow attractive. David Savran, professor of theatre at CUNY Graduate Center, begins his bookCommunists, Cowboys, and Queers (a theoretical text discussing post-war masculine politics in theatre) with a story reported [Read More...]

A new study shows that gun restriction laws reduce firearm deaths

A new study released this week in the journal Epidemiologic Reviews by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that in countries that enacted laws that restricted gun purchasing and ownership, gun related deaths fell.

Hillary Clinton is not adopting Bernie Sanders’ progressive ideals

Clinton supporters want everyone to think that Clinton is just as progressive as Sanders, even claiming she is adopting his position, but the truth is not that simple.