Cynthia Boaz

  • Shared Framing the Green Revolution in Red (Progressive Opinion)
    June 16, 2009 - 9:57pm

    Reposting from truthout.org

  • Published TEA Parties: they're kidding, right? (Blog entry)
    March 24, 2009 - 1:07am

    http://www.teapartyday.com/

    I'm all for people power, but this is coming one president too late. They're trying to start an anti-taxation movement? Seriously?

  • Shared Obama's Justice: Reconciliation, not Retribution (Progressive Opinion)
    February 23, 2009 - 7:38pm

    This piece was published on Truthout, and it provoked a lot of controversy, especially amongst progressives, who seemed to read it as my arguing against prosecuting the crimes of the Bush era. In fact, I argue against a culture of retribution and against a scenario where Pres. Obama takes the lead in prosecuting his predecessor. Feedback welcome.

  • Published Why we need a truly independent media. (Blog entry)
    November 25, 2008 - 12:48am

    The following is an actual email exchange between me and one of the execs at a local "independent" progressive radio station in the town where I work:

    Hello-

  • Published "Letting it go." (Blog entry)
    November 9, 2008 - 12:29am

    So, in the last couple of days, in response to my indignation at various things, including Nader's role in giving Missouri to McCain, Hannity et al's extremely classless, cowardly, and dangerous ramping up of anti-Obama rhetoric, the shameful passage of Prop 8 in CA (and similar propositions elsewhere) and Palin, Bachmann, and Lieberman's sudden change of heart and wholesale "embracing" of Obama,

  • Shared Is the election about to be stolen in PA, OH, and elsewhere? (Progressive Opinion)
    November 3, 2008 - 8:36pm

    Reposting from Truthout.org

  • Shared Why "Change" Has Already Won (Progressive Opinion)
    October 18, 2008 - 3:08am

    Reposted from CommonDreams.org, October 14, 2008

  • Published Top Ten Things I *Really* Heard from McCain in the Third Debate. (Blog entry)
    October 16, 2008 - 2:42pm

    1. Women: stop fretting about a silly thing like your "health."

    2. Uninsured: ditto.

    3. Currently insured: get worrying.

    4. I don't have a litmus test for judges, except when it comes to abortion.

    5. Bill Ayers is irrelevant- let's still talk about him!

    6. I have no idea what socialism is, but it was a bad word when I was young, so I'm going to keep saying it.

  • Published Top 10 Follow-Up Questions Not Asked by Brokaw. (Blog entry)
    October 8, 2008 - 5:37pm

    1) Senator McCain, you do realize that 'prioritize' does not also mean 'doing everything at once', don't you?

    2) What in the love of pete is "clean coal"?

    3) Senator, with all due respect, can you respond to a question without ending with "my friends"?

    4) What exactly did you mean by the term "that one"?

    5) So a simple "yes" or "no" please- should health care be a commodity???

  • Published Biden: 1, Nanochip: 0. My debate response in brief. (Blog entry)
    October 3, 2008 - 1:54pm

    Okay, I never took a formal debate class in high school, but I'm pretty sure that a key component of a victorious debate is the ability to effectively convey a somewhat nuanced and in-depth knowledge of the issue at hand. By that criterion, Sarah Palin failed epically.