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    Debate II: Mitt's Marshall McLuhan Moment

    OCTOBER 17, 2012 12:34PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, president obama, mitt romney, republican party, presidential debate, woody allen, annie hall, marshall mcluhan, libyan consulate, hillary clinton, 47%, plutocracy, david stockman, bain capital, candy crowley, john sununu, liberal bias, gasoline, coal, medicare, social security, chris hayes, msnbc, paul ryan, ayn rand, american dream, ronald reagan, leveraged buyouts, capitalism, job creator, 2012 election, steve schmidt, john mccain

    • 10 Ratings
    • 2088 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Corrupt elites? Blame hippies, says David Brooks

    JULY 13, 2012 8:26PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: common good, governing, compromise, white christian majority, 1% and 99%, democratic party, conservative movement, republican virtue, anti-semitism, racism, new york times, social responsibility, right wing, welfare state, new deal, tea party, republican party, big city machines, boston brahmin, deep south, new england, glenn beck, french revolution, american revolution, equality, laissez faire, capitalism, american republic, gordon wood, ej dionne, equality, liberty, mitt romney, chris hayes, aristocracy, oligarchy, aristotle, newt gingrich, george w. bush, wall street, community, individualism, founding fathers, civic republicanism, counterculture, elites, corruption, david brooks, meritocracy, sixties, radicalism, hippies, economics, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1413 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    This Fourth of July, Celebrate Equality

    JULY 4, 2012 9:02AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, thomas jefferson, fox news, wall street journal, ayn rand, pursuit of happiness, liberty, life, practicality, utilitarianism, dicatatorship, authoritarianism, declaration of indpendence, thomas jefferson, conservatism, equality, freedom, free market, supply side economics, joseph stiglitz, chris hayes, wall street journal, egalitarianism, equality, economics, politics

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 6571 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • 31 Ratings
    • 2511 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Losing the War in a Quiet Room

    JANUARY 23, 2012 9:02AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: ows, wall street, occupy wall street, occupy, legal sociopath, naomi klein, shock doctrine, clyde prestowitz, betrayal of american prosperity, constitutional amendment, amendment, constitution, citizens united, sanders, michael jensen, harvard business school creed, creed, harvard business school, harvard, nostalgia, romney, newt gingrich, gingrich, newt, chris l hayes, christopher l hayes, christopher hayes, chris hayes, grist, david roberts, princeton, anne-marie slaughter, american values institute, alexis mcgill johnson, center for constitutional rights, vincent warren, up with chris hayes, chicago boys, chicago school, milton friedman, friedman, shareholder model, stakeholder model, shareholder theory, stakeholder theory, shareholder, stakeholder, quiet war, quiet room, economic justice, justice, war, fiduciary responsibility, fiduciary duty, corporate, corporation, finance, economics, business, politics, lose, losing, lost, society, war in a quiet room

    • 0 Ratings
    • 177 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    What is Conservatism? Probably not what you think.

    OCTOBER 12, 2011 12:12PM

    By spludwin


    Topics: the reactionary mind: conservatism from edmund burke to sarah palin, political theory, corey robin, conservatism, chris hayes, american politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 187 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: Hostile Takeover Threat Spurs Concessions from

    MARCH 22, 2011 1:25PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: yes! magazines, wal-mart, wage, union, tapped, supreme court, shock doctrine, sexism, scott lemieux, sally kohn, police, pension, paul abowd, michigan messenger, michigan, laura flanders, labor, jenny lee, jamelle bouie, in these times, grittv, fire, farm, emergency manager, eartha jane melzer, discrimination, detroit, dean baker, class action, chris hayes, american prospect

    • 0 Ratings
    • 301 Views
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    Weekly Audit: Standoff Continues in Wisconsin

    MARCH 8, 2011 11:53AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: yes! magazine, wisconsin, washington monthly, washington, wall street journal, union, unemployment, the nation, steve benen, shani o. hilton, senator, scott walker, republican, race, quorum, madison, jobs, inequality, democrat, degree, colorlines, college, collective bargaining, chris hayes, black, amy dean

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1225 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Ironic Hipster Detachment

    FEBRUARY 23, 2011 9:05PM

    By Douglas Moran


    Topics: crushing existential despair, the daily show, chris hayes, tom tomorrow, news, politics, digby, jon stewart

    • 3 Ratings
    • 699 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    MSNBC’s Countdown… to my letdown

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 2:14PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: msnbc, countdown, news, chris hayes, facebook, salon, joan walsh, joe conason, open.salon, jimmy zuma

    • 0 Ratings
    • 207 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Weekly Audit: Foreclosuregate Hits Home

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 12:01PM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: zach carter, truthout, the note, the nation, private property, mother jones, mortgage, moratorium, market, liar loans, liar liens, foreclosures, foreclosure crisis, edolpus towns, democracy now!, dean baker, chris hayes, bond, bank of america, andy kroll, alan grayson

    • 5 Ratings
    • 611 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Bush flunky takes a cheap shot at Chris Hayes.

    JULY 29, 2010 11:12PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: fear the muslim strategy, chris hayes

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