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    • 19 Ratings
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    Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa

    MAY 1, 2013 9:46AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, law, supreme court, sandra day o'connor, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, conservatism, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, constitution, chicago tribune, rachel maddow, democratic party, republican party, partisanship, william rehnquist, george w. bush, al gore

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1312 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Hope For "Catholic Spring" Eternal

    APRIL 5, 2013 9:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, humanity, modernity, gary wills, college of cardinals, jesuit restorative justice initiative, ecumenicalism, protestants, muslims, jews, morality, obedience, free will, pope benedict, good friday, humility, catholic right, andrew sullivan, holy thursday, easter, cardinal law, child abuse scandal, vatican, pope francis, conservatism, religion, catholic church

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2921 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Conservative Political Correctness

    JANUARY 8, 2013 5:17PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: republican party, president obama, wall street journal, rupert murdoch, fox news, reality based communities, george w. bush, speech codes, college officials, liberals, totalitarianism, censorship, racial harassment, notre dame, kkk, right wing bubble, epistemic closure, right wing double standards, hypocrisy, traditions of civility, culture, minorities, freedom of speech, multi-culturalism, campaign finance, political correctness, conservative movement, bruce bartlett, george f will, conservatism, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1708 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    The End of Mitt Romney

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 10:50AM

    By Isaiah L. Carter


    Topics: conservatism, mother jones, tlot, tcot, p2, gop, 2012 election, mitt romney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 3925 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3367 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    License to Lie

    AUGUST 23, 2012 2:21PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: white working class, welfare queen, ronald reagan, global warming, fiscal policy, deficit hawks, paul krugman, obamacare, fox news, budget deficits, brit hume, walter lippmann, jr., martin luther king, republican national convention, liberalism, conservatism, right wing, political extemism, barry goldwater, 2012 campaign, citizens united, joe soptic, bain capital, super pac, newt gingrich, president obama, " lies and deception, "morning joe, joe scarborough, medicare, welfare, paul ryan, george will, mitt romney, republican party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 5122 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The Fox News Way

    AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, fox news, sean hannity, propaganda, right wing, strom thurmond, dixiecrats, southern strategy, trent lott, segregation, republican party, mitch mcconnell, mainstream media, liberal bias, conservatism, liberalism, double standards, rush limbaugh, gay rights, chick-fil-a, bigotry, president obama, democratic party, bill clinton, democracy, authoritarianism, theocracy, big business, states rights, angry left, propaganda, news judgment, joseph pulitzer, conservative movement, plato, noble lie, southern conservatives, ku klux klan, civil rights act of 1964, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2726 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Catholic Ryan Needs to do Penance for Sins

    AUGUST 15, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: poliitcs, economics, paul ryan, ayn rand, mitt romney, right wing, capitalism free market, catholic church, sin, atheism, immorality, ryan budget, paul ryan, objectivism, conservatism, nuns on a bus, charity, compassion, tea party, christian fundamentalism, christianity, georgetown university, laissez faire, supply side economics, gospel of love, jesus christ, william f. buckley jr., republican party, democratic party, president obama, fiscal conservative, social safety net, tax cuts, food stamps, poverty, free market, atlas shrugged

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3580 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences

    JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, religious right, republican party, chick-fil-a, free speech, gay marriage, dan cathy, mayor tom menino, public opinion, fairness doctrine, mike huckabee, christian right, focus on the family, founding fathers, first amendment, constitution, fact versus opinion, democracy, consent of the governed, popular sovereignty, fox news, msnbc, ann coulter, communism, treason, marketplace of ideas, boston globe, bigotry, president obama, paranoia, science, gender discrimination, gun control, hunger, justice clarence thomas, liberalism, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6587 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3803 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 3520 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Mitt Romney and GOP: Wiping the Slate Clean

    MARCH 22, 2012 10:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, republican party, mitt romney, eric fehrnstrom, etch-a-sketch, conservatism, george w. bush, gaffe, president obama, ohio art, rachel maddow, timothy noah, cnn, massachusetts, mike dukakis, social media, going viral, fraud, november election, massachusetts state house press gallary

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5864 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4167 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Herman Cain, Lackey to Big Tobacco

    OCTOBER 27, 2011 8:31AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: mark block, cain smoking ad, herman cain, 2011 republican primary race, big tobacco, cain and tobacco, anti-regulation, cain, now running as a political insider, went to washington as a lobbyist, new york times, thinkprogress.org, university of california at san francisco legacy tobacco documents library, legacy tobacco documents library, conservatism, r.j. reynolds, national restaurant association, nra, rob meyne, former senior director of public affairs, rob meyne, matt myers, president of the campaign for tobacco-free kids, big tobacco, nabisco, save american free enterprise, 9-9-9, republican politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1081 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Are British conservatives coming to their senses?

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 12:15AM

    By Penkill


    Topics: global financial crisis, contrarianism, london riots, conservatism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1513 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Job One for Liberals is to send more Americans to college

    DECEMBER 27, 2010 9:36AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, american exceptionalism, george bush, newt gingrich, mitch mcconnell, john boehner, conservatism, workers, education, unemployment, dropouts, degree, jobs, republican, college, liberals

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 4993 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    McCain Bill Enables US Citizen Imprisonment Without Trial

    AUGUST 30, 2010 7:31AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: ann coulter, coulter, sedition, treason, intellectual property, fair use, s.3081, fifth amendment, pow, john mccain, mccain, conservatism, constitution, due process, long war, indefinite detention, without review, no review, lack of review, us citizens, detention, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 42031 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    Sarah Palin killed my conservatism

    MAY 21, 2010 4:26PM

    By Daniel Kronlid


    Topics: conservatism, palin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 12606 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Hated Roosevelt, Hate Obama: Paleoconservative Persuasions

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:11AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, albert jay nock, our enemy-the state, republican talking points, great depression, opposition to roosevelt, glen beck, michele bachmann, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, barack obama, cato institute, anarcho-capitalists, anarcho-libertarians, libertarian, frank chodorov, murray rothbard, william f. buckley jr., ayn rand, paleoconservatism, neocon, statism, anti-statism, conservative, praise god but get even, franz oppenheimer, conservatism, right wing, economic bailout, economic meltdown, “great recession”, herbert spencer

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 3162 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Oh, to be a White, Male Conservative NY Times Columnist

    JUNE 9, 2009 11:13AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: ross douthat, david brooks, sotomayor, scotus, racism, abortion, identity politics, conservatism, ny times, politics, news, feminism

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