The intent of TUP is to take a look at the national state of our nation.  The lack of systematic transparency in politics is a focal point of our mission and we earnestly look for and celebrate those who follow the same path as ours.
Keeping that in mind, we proudly congratulate our new friends at Transparent CCU.
Transparent CCU is a site with the intention of keeping a critical and theological eye on my alma mater, Colorado Christian University.  Like myself, the administrators of Transparent CCU are alumni and have taken …

For my first “article” I would like to write a bit about the unfortunate effects of meat consumption. It’s definitely not a new topic and one that has been discussed and written about rigorously, but I feel it’s a topic worth losing my Utopia Politico virginity to. While people generally know that there are some problems associated with eating meat there is a general lack of knowledge as to how large the problems truly are. Public health, world hunger, and climate change are all issues that could improve if humans …

Even though we (those who make up TUP) would like to consider ourselves pioneers in the blogosphere, we do know we’re not the only ones who are trying to promote their content.  In understanding this, we have created a twitter account:
http://www.twitter.com/utopianpolitico
Feel free to follow us as we update our minds, hearts, blog, and twitter account.
Thank you,
TUP staff

As the last few weeks have churned up new findings on water-boarding and its initiators, so very few have taken the time to actually analyze fallacies of it and the portrait it paints for the U.S. and the world.
On Friday, May 22, 2009, a conservative talk show host (self-proclaimed Libertarian) took the challenge and was water-boarded for 6 seconds.  Here’s the video:
The conclusion that Mr. Mancow comes to is one that the ENTIRE Republican party is/will be coming to:
“It is way worse than I thought it would be…I don’t want …