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BARON: What Progressive Strategy?
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
I would much rather have one more moderate Democrat in the Senate and a Democratic majority than a failed progressive Democratic candidate, and no majority at all.
BARON: Wake Up, Internet Generation!
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
If the many progressives of the internet generation do not make it a point to log off of Facebook and actually show up to the meetings of the groups they joined there, we are going to be in serious trouble, starting with the elections coming later this year.
BARON: A Dangerous Hypocrisy
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
For some reason, many on the campus left appear to have an apologist affinity for radical Islam, countries which enforce Islamic law, and terrorist groups. This is unacceptable.
BARON: Thank You, WikiLeaks
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
Over the past three years, WikiLeaks has successfully fought, according to its website, over 100 “legal attacks,” including numerous full-blown lawsuits. Yet its success thus far is no indication of a smooth ride, and its current financial woes suggest that those who bring the organization to court may get their druthers, even if they didn’t see victory by judicial fiat.
BARON: The High Cost of Republican Federalism
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
What price is the conservative wing of the Republican Party willing to pay for blind adherence to traditional dogma? The answer: any price, just so long as they can get re-elected.
BARON: A History Primer for Republicans
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
Lately, many prominent Republicans have been pretending that the events of September 11, 2001 either didn’t happen, or did not happen during the Bush administration. Sounds like these folks need a brief lesson in recent history.
BARON: Fighting for Rights in All the Wrong Places
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
We are investing millions of dollars in referenda and lobbying to achieve marriage equality in the Northeast and West, and often losing in the process – and at the same time, we are leaving gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people in the mid-West and South behind.
BARON: Salvation Army to Gays, Atheists, Undocumented Immigrants — ‘Go to Hell!’
Noah Baron, Associate Editor
Ideology: Religious Progressive | Writing from: New York City, NY
I’ve known for a long time that the Salvation Army isn’t exactly a pristine institution. In 2004, I heard [...]
BARON: The War on the West
Associate Editor Noah Baron denounces the anti-Muslim referendum in Switzerland.
BARON: Technically, A Threat to Liberty
Noah Baron, Associate Editor
BARON: Unsung Heroes
Associate Editor Noah Baron takes a look at some recent random acts of kindness.
BARON: Blunt Equality — Marijuana, Marriage, and Referenda
Maine decriminalizes marijuana but bans gay marriage — what happened and why.
BARON: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Deathers
Though our college campuses might be hotbeds of American liberalism (or social progressivism, or left-wing-nut-ism), it is vital that universities serve not only as places of learning, but also of free and open inquiry.
BARON: No Such Thing as a “Stolen Vote”
Politicians regularly take the money and votes of their constituents, and then turn around and ignore their concerns. Yet come next election-day, they cry foul when a third-party candidate challenges them because they failed to govern honestly or in accordance with the values of the people who supported them.
BARON: I Love You, VISA
One might joke about drowning one’s sorrows in drink, yet the reality is that the credit card is the new booze. Our society is addicted, and it’s killing us, one at a time.