Stop Being Blinded by Partisan Ideology

"...to face the truth and stop being blinded by partisan ideology...."

Feb. 16, 2006 Postmarks

Education Damaged by Ideology of Every Spectrum

"...country, including for this current SBOE adoption, and every partisan group we encounter seems to decry inaccuracy until the..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Postmarks

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

"...the more hard-to-fathom developments in modern politics is that partisan loyalty has come to outweigh ideology. I'm always willing..."

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

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Our readers talk back.

"...New York City, N.Y.Blinded by Partisan Ideology?Dear Editor,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Column

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Contemplating the devastating effects of redistricting on democracy and the transformational effects of knowing Ondine and Ed Lowry.

"...ideas. The potentially fatal disease is the deliberate, ongoing, partisan dissection of the core democratic nervous system of electoral..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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"...on ideals, when in reality it is so overwhelmingly partisan -- though, regardless, the Alamo is not an appropriate..."

May 23, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The Message

Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle

"...of the differences between a principled position and a partisan one, I want first to clarify that these are..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Balancing Act

Several tiny steps in search of a dance to winter – and a dance toward launching into reverie

"...representatives achieve the best legislative answers. The more one ideology and/or party dominates the legislative process, the more the..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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"...superstitious claptrap at worst, motivated by ignorance and political/religious ideology. It is not "censorship" to refuse to fill impressionable..."

July 25, 2003 Column

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The Republican right's hypocritical rhetoric machine has become so dazzling and effective it can only be viewed as (highly successful) conceptual art.

"...state's majority-party leaders can derisively label the opposition as "partisan," in light of this contentious, money-wasting, openly anti-democratic action..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Free speech in defense of liberty is no vice

"...Marxism, suicidal pacifism, anarchic chic, equivocating multiculturalism, and whatever ideology the mavens of social fashion may deem as admirable...."

Nov. 11, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

The path to a Republican presidency

"...are infecting these campaigns suggested that any kind of partisan championing, no matter how well-intentioned, inherently became part of..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Reporting for Duty

Anti-government patriots poised to fix government

"...telling while others are far more openly and aggressively partisan. Usually the latter group claims it has no axe..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...time – which reflects far more on the fanatical partisan rigidity of the current dominant party than on us...."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...time – which reflects far more on the fanatical partisan rigidity of the current dominant party than on us...."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...time – which reflects far more on the fanatical partisan rigidity of the current dominant party than on us...."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Page Two: Hypocrisy and Health Care

Toward a list of ingredients for stew

"...what they say it is. The Principled and the Partisan..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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The manufactured debate over Kerry's war record, in light of Bush's privileged nonparticipation, is testament to Republican strategists' sound-bite brilliance

"...uninspiring and politically bland. There is legitimacy to the partisan sniping that sees him as staking out politically advantageous..."

May 21, 2004 Column by Louis Black

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Our political differences are rarely as black and white as partisan politicking makes them seem.

"...language as neutral as possible (stripped of legislative specifics, partisan and media buzzwords, etc.), you'd find a lot more..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do

The good news is, the Constitution is specifically designed to work amidst controversy and hatred

"...more than anything else argues not for a government ideology but a way of governing where all citizens are..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: This Too Shall Pass, Or … Ain’t Got Time for That Now

Along came Trump

"...not at all. It isn't that I oppose Trump's ideology, fearing his ideology will move the country in the..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Scary Monsters

Election season raises the specter of undead ideologies and devilish strategies

"...the desert. More than being born out of political ideology, party politics, or sense of national destiny, it is..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Altered States

The new right's ever-loosening grip on reality

"...living in a true golden age of political dishonesty. Ideology, fantasy, pandering, and just outright lying don't simply outmaneuver..."

March 3, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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Libby indictment evokes more scapegoating and hypocrisy from the right

"...who are then responsible not to solely impose the ideology of those who elected them, but rather to represent..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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The touchy, touch Republicans have become the party of make-believe

"...they've long turned the tide. Yet, all too many partisans are still much more interested in attacking "liberals" than..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column by Louis Black

No Need for Election Detox

County Judge primary campaign begins to bubble

"...own financial well being - at least for now. Partisan brinksmanship is dangerous. Some extreme partisan officials asserted that..."

Nov. 10, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Page Two: Running in Place

Movie-serial style coverage plagues the most thrilling, genuine, and troubling Democratic contest in decades

"...as not to be aware this is the most partisan station offering the most biased reporting. Outside of the..."

May 30, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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Seeing clearly now

"...its professional leadership with political cronies. An act of partisan favoritism against the common good, this is outrageous and..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Column by Louis Black

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The Rodriguez and Avellán film team rocks; the guv and Lege do not; waiting on Will Wynn & Company; and in Let Us Now Praise Famous Chroniclers.

"...Adding to the cacophony was the applause of the partisan faithful as well as the relief of a population..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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Republicans' special-session maneuvering shows contempt for Texans and mischaracterizes Texas' political history; the same party asks for the same kind of blind allegiance on foreign policy.

"...recent weeks widespread public opposition -- and the tiresome partisan refrain is that when the Democrats were in power..."

July 18, 2003 Column by Louis Black

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