Mystic Politics

Republican Puritanism: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan believe wealthiness is next to godliness

The poor and vulnerable would suffer greatly under these Republican puritans who see money as a sign of God’s favor.

Is it the christian right’s puritanical paradigms that are keeping us locked into this WASPy Plutocratic Aristocracy?

Vampires, Gay Rights, and the Politics of True Blood

Republican rhetoric inspired this season’s True Blood—and the story about a sadistic theocracy with an insatiable thirst for power and human blood.

How closely does the fantastic ‘vampire authority’, a secret vampire theocratic oligarchy, resemble the christian theocracy desired by the Religious Right?

Was Morsi’s Firing of Egyptian Generals a Soft Coup?

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s military purge is seen as part of a deal to allow the ruling generals a graceful exit while broadening Morsi’s powers.

Who do you think will fill the void in Egypt- the Secularists or the Islamists?

Liberal Neocons Align With Extremists on the Israeli Right

The rightward lurch can be explained by the Democrats’ reliance on pro-Israel money and the lack of political gain garnered from a fair position.

What do you think the ‘final solution’ for Palestine will be?

A New Deal for Religion and Science

Should science and religion come to see each other as complementary aspects of a common truth-seeking strategy?

War on Religion? ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ distorts true Religious Liberty

Are you gay, in an interracial relationship, or were of a segregated epoch? Have you noticed that all the arguments against contraception coverage by catholic companies mirror their arguments against civil liberties and for slavery?

New York police surveillance of Muslims appears popular, but is it legal?

‘New York City voters overwhelmingly support the New York Police Department’s anti-terrorism campaign even as provisions of it have come under criticism from civil rights groups who question the legality how police target Muslims.’

Farrakhan blasts Jews, Zionism, Obama, and American Government for carrying out 9/11 Conspiracy

‘Jewish leaders denounced Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan after he delivered a four-hour speech on Sunday that was laced with anti-Semitic statements about Jewish control of the media, Zionists pushing America into war with Iran, AND that 9/11 was carried out by the U.S. government.’

How Team Obama, the GOP, and Tea Partiers Are All Intruding on Your Rights

‘For example, check out the politicos who’re raising such a cacophony these days about big, intrusive government. Ironically, they’re usually the same knee-jerks who so fervidly advocate the expansion of government’s biggest and most intrusive force: police power. Since 9/11, this bunch has screeched non-stop that the only way to make the American people secure in this terrifying age is to jackhammer the word “secure” out of the Fourth Amendment—the only place in the Bill of Rights where the term appears.

The founders (made of much stronger stuff than today’s political harpies) believed that genuine security for a democratic people comes from strengthening their right and ability to resist the autocratic impulses of the authorities. By deliberately placing “secure” in this key Bill of Rights passage, they certainly did not intend for it to be twisted into a meek call for ever-expanding police power to “protect” the citizenry, but instead to give citizens essential legal guarantees to protect themselves from police power.’

Undermining Habeas Corpus: The NDAA and the Militarization of America

‘The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president on New Year’s Eve of 2011. Activists and other critics charge that the NDAA authorizes the indefinite military detention of U.S. citizens, but supporters counter that the law entails no new powers of detention for the federal government.

In a sense, both sides are right. Insofar as it affirms “existing law” as the basis for federal detention policy, the NDAA does not itself dramatically expand the government’s power to detain U.S. citizens indefinitely. The bad news, however, is the government has essentially already claimed this authority, and the NDAA will only provide more legal cover for the executive branch to further undermine habeas corpus.’