WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans This is a phrase and a concept unknown to me: “anticipatory obedience.” The whole notion in an American context seems foreign to how the country sees itself and its institutions. How does one square that with the vaunted national self-regard for individualism and independence? I don’t think you can. The phrase …
New Orleans Ross Douthat, the conservative and religion columnist for the New York Times supports the right’s dismantling of the “cathedral” controlled by the left-liberal establishment, but worries that its extremism in the cultural wars will not create a reasonable balance, but simply an equal reaction to its action, changing nothing. Interesting, right? …
New Orleans Misinformation is everywhere around us now poisoning our society and politics, dividing people, and polarizing countries and conflicts. We tend to think of misinformation as just political, but a special feature recently in Science magazine reminds us that this is a phenomenon that triggers scientific inquiry into its causes and effects. …