Email Author Roy Edroso

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 15, 2008

  "Blogosphere Guide"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  Runnin' Scared

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2013 Stories by Roy Edroso

• Benghazi, Immigration, Syria: Rightbloggers Smear NSA (and Obama) on Everything

  published Jun 16, 2013

  The NSA controversy, which continues to develop, has been useful in a lot of ways. It's gotten people talking after a long period of quiet about the surveillance powers of the state -- and whereas the... More >>

• Rightbloggers Find NSA Spying on Americans--And This Time They're Against It!

  published Jun 09, 2013

  Last week many Americans discovered that their government is spying on them. We are not sure how many of them had a hunch such a thing was happening, though since 9/11, the signing of the Patriot Act,... More >>

• Looking for Votes, Rightbloggers Explore "Conservative Reform," Find Pretty Much Conservatism

  published Jun 02, 2013

  Last week rightbloggers remained occupied with the recent D.C. scandals, which some of them expect to result in the President's impeachment; they even have a March on Washington and a shady poll to gi... More >>

• Why Rightbloggers Should Drop Benghazi, IRS, and AP, Focus on Umbrellagate and Bulworth

  published May 20, 2013

  As the Benghazi prosecution appears to fizzle, rightbloggers have sought to replace it with a pair of new scandalettes involving the IRS and the Associated Press. We think this shows a disappointing ... More >>

• Rightbloggers Cover Benghazi Hearings with Extreme Prejudice

  published May 12, 2013

  House Republicans finally got their hearings on Benghazi, and we have learned that the Obama Administration, the CIA, and the FBI massaged their talking points before announcing the attack last Septem... More >>

• Rightbloggers Enter "Conversation" on Jason Collins, Are Pissed No One Wants to Talk to Them

  published May 05, 2013

  Last week NBA player Jason Collins came out as gay -- spectacularly, in the pages of Sports Illustrated. He did so not because he had been arrested in a men's room or outed by a news site, but because... More >>

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  After Boston Bombing, Rightbloggers Turn on Immigration (Mexican or Whatever)

  published Apr 28, 2013

  There's a bill working its way through Congress that would offer a "path to citizenship" to the sort of immigrants currently known in some circles as illegal. Though its application is general, it's o... More >>

• After Boston Bombings, Rightbloggers Denounce Muslims, Abortion, Gun Control, Hippie Bumper Stickers

  published Apr 21, 2013

  The nightmarish events in Boston last week engendered a huge load of coverage, some of it inspired, some of it infamously bad. Most of the bad stuff was bad because the people putting it out were eith... More >>

• Rand Paul Addresses Rightbloggers, Who Receive Him Well, Despite All Those Black People Getting in the Way

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul spoke at historically black Howard University last week, and it was a major event. No, he didn't seem to win any black votes for the GOP--even his fans admit as m... More >>

• Beaten on Gay Marriage, Rightbloggers Begin Berating Straights

  published Apr 07, 2013

  Maybe it's because everyone's sick of fighting over gay marriage. Maybe it's because our rightblogger friends' tactic of Adam-and-Steving the issue hasn't helped their increasingly hopeless cause, eve... More >>

• Rightbloggers Take Cover as Gay Marriage Reigns Supreme

  published Mar 31, 2013

  Last week the Supreme Court heard a couple of gay marriage cases, and with so many politicians and even some conservatives running to grab the rainbow flag, it seemed as if a corner on the contentious... More >>

• Rightbloggers Not Having a Great "Happy 10th Anniversary Iraq War" Party

  published Mar 24, 2013

  Last week was the anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. For friends and family members of the thousands of Americans and allies killed or wounded in that struggle, or of the tens of thousands ... More >>

• "Rack" and Ruin: Rightbloggers Have a Messy CPAC

  published Mar 17, 2013

  Last week the 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) met at National Harbor in Maryland near DC. If you heard anything about it, you probably heard about a CPAC forum called "Are ... More >>

• Rightbloggers Catch Filibuster Fever, Promote Paul, Denounce (or Don't) Drones

  published Mar 10, 2013

  Last week a Republican Senator filibustered on civil liberties in wartime -- and, get this, he was in favor of them! This remarkable event drew such attention that the filibusterer, Rand Paul, ended t... More >>

• White House Words with Woodward More Proof of Obama Tyranny, Say Rightbloggers

  published Mar 03, 2013

  Last week we learned that a White House official got into an argument with Bob Woodward. Woodward is the biggest name in Washington journalism; he has survived seven Administrations (counting the one ... More >>

• "Day of Resistance" and The Case of The Rightbloggers Who Didn't Bark

  published Feb 24, 2013

  Did you miss the Day of Resistancer Don't even know what it isr Well, it was a tea-party style throwdown last Saturday, in which thousands of your fellow citizens went packing in public to give Kenyan... More >>

• Obama's SOTU Riles Rightbloggers Less Than Jokes About Thirsty Marco Rubio

  published Feb 17, 2013

  Last Tuesday was the State of the Union address, in which the President laid out a bunch of plans and Republicans denounced them. Rightbloggers got into this with the aplomb you'd expect. But when r... More >>

• Obama's Drones Turn Rightbloggers Into Civil Libertarians, If Only Temporarily

  published Feb 10, 2013

  NBC recently brought to light the Obama Administration's policy of conducting drone attacks on civilians "even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U... More >>

• Rightbloggers and the Great Obama Skeet-Shooting Mom Jeans Conspiracy

  published Feb 03, 2013

  We have observed once or twice before that, at this point, President Obama seems to be trolling his opposition. The thickness with which he laid on the contraception issues at last year's Democratic C... More >>

• Hillary, Roe v. Wade's 40th, and the Great Conservative Revival Not Working Out for Rightbloggers

  published Jan 27, 2013

  Since the 2012 Presidential election, conservatives have been trying to think up ways to revive their movement. Last week a number of them approached the subject, including George F. Will (basically ... More >>

• Obama's Modest Proposals Drive Rightbloggers Gun Crazy

  published Jan 20, 2013

  Last week President Obama, inspired by December's Newtown shootings, announced 23 executive actions, and proposed some legislation, to address gun violence. The actions are rather mild ("Require crimi... More >>

• Nomination of Republican Hagel Gives Rightbloggers a Chance to Reach Out Ha Ha No Not Really

  published Jan 13, 2013

  Obama has nominated Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. Hagel is a former Republican Senator, so you would expect Republicans to appreciate the gesture. Or you would if you lived in the earlier, s... More >>

• Is This the End of the Culture Warr Nah -- Too Much Money in It.

  published Jan 06, 2013

  Recently at The Week, right-wing author Matt K. Lewis penned a provocative column called "The Culture War Is Over, and Conservatives Lost." He was echoing what many rightbloggers have been saying sinc... More >>