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How to Spot and Avoid Misinformation
Often the most persuasive misinformation is based on some element of truth – that’s what makes it believable. Learn to spot and avoid misleading or deliberately deceptive content.
Dec 20 2019
News
Democratic Debate
The sixth Democratic primary debate took place Thursday. Watch it here. (RealClearPolitics)
The left thinks Biden and Klobuchar had a good night, and calls attention to the tiff between Buttigieg and Warren.
Biden “wasn’t flawless, but he kept things on the rails, had flashes of good humor and was deft with tough moments he could see approaching, including about his age… He dealt
The Flip SideAug 20 2020
Analysis
Barack Obama Is Scared
His warning to America during the Democratic convention’s third night was existential.
Barack Obama didn’t try to inspire Americans tonight: He wanted to scare them.
The former president offered no thousand-watt smiles or soaring rhetoric as he exhorted voters to elect Joe Biden and warned them about the perils of giving Donald Trump another four years in the White House. In a
The AtlanticOct 01 2012
News
The parallel universe where Mitt Romney leads all polls
To talk with any working Republican political operative these days is to hear the same tale of woe: a grim accounting of the past few weeks, a dash of gallows humor and a measure of hope that President Obama is still beatable. Never in question is that Mitt Romney is trailing  the private surveys these strategists see for their down-ballot clients make that clear. The only question is
PoliticoNov 06 2019
Opinion
Warren and Trump Have More in Common Than You Think
Warren’s catchphrase, “I’ve got a plan for that,” has as much cultural resonance with her base as Trump’s “Make America Great Again” does with his. Culturally, Elizabeth Warren is a lot more like Donald Trump than you might think.
Hold on. I know: Going by their personal lives, their demeanors, and their ideological agendas, they’re apples and oranges. But apples and oranges actually
Jonah GoldbergJun 28 2022
Perspectives Blog
Demolishing Schools After a Mass Shooting Reflects Humans’ Deep-Rooted Desire for Purification Rituals
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Dimitris Xygalatas, an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. The writer's bias has not been rated.
After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the lives of 19 children and two
"The Conversation" ContributorOct 16 2019
News
Dems Debate
Tuesday night was the fourth Democratic primary debate, hosted by CNN/New York Times. New York Times
The left discusses healthcare, and believes Warren and Buttigieg had a good night.
“Now, it is true that instituting universal health-care coverage would cost a lot of money and require raising taxes. But it’s also true, as Warren (and Sanders) keep trying to remind everyone, that
The Flip SideMay 03 2019
Opinion
OPINION: My Brush With Personal Destruction
What did my divorce and my humor writing have to do with my ability to make monetary policy?
When President Trump asked me to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, I was honored. I never imagined the storm that would follow. The left and the media instantly launched a relentless campaign against me. Last week a reporter who has covered the Fed for 30 years told me he’d never
Guest Writer - RightMay 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
What is Fake News?
We’ve all heard the term “fake news.” But what actually qualifies? There is broad disagreement about what deserves to be called “fake news.” The term was broadly used during former President Donald Trump’s tenure in office, and became part of the mainstream discourse when he famously told a CNN reporter, “You're fake news” in 2017. “Fake news” typically refers to purely false or made up
Henry A. Brechter