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The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality
MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM
Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation
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- 1918 Views
- 20 Comments
Dictatorship v. Democracy
MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM
Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class
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- 913 Views
- 20 Comments
"Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner
MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM
Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics
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- 1526 Views
- 16 Comments
So, who's "dependent" on government?
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM
Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age
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- 5140 Views
- 21 Comments
The Fox News Way
AUGUST 19, 2012 10:30AM
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
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- 1189 Views
- 9 Comments
The Anti-Democratic Electoral College
AUGUST 6, 2012 4:13PM
Topics: politics news, proportional representation, national popular vote, democracy, swing states, electoral college, barack obama
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- 3690 Views
- 30 Comments
Free Speech No Free Pass From Truth or Consequences
JULY 31, 2012 10:22AM
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
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- 7225 Views
- 60 Comments
Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break
JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM
Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics
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- 6743 Views
- 36 Comments
Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing
JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM
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
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- 4816 Views
- 12 Comments
Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing
MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM
Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience
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- 3840 Views
- 18 Comments
History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age
APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM
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
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- 3768 Views
- 10 Comments
Women Lead Defense of Maldivian Democracy (Updated)
MARCH 10, 2012 11:56AM
Topics: politics, news, feminism, belief/religion, equality, women's rights, gayoom, dictator, democracy, waheed, elections, voting, human rights, contraception, protest, mohamed nasheed, coup, maldives, islam, extremism, muslim, international women's day, flogging, hillary clinton, condoleeza rice, michelle obama
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- 5893 Views
- 132 Comments
Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM
Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom
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- 2708 Views
- 33 Comments
Can Occupy and the Tea Party Agree About Something?
FEBRUARY 7, 2012 12:29PM
Topics: economy, open+call, occupy america, ows, wall street, corporation, democracy, voting
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- 2670 Views
- 28 Comments
Democracy for Sale
JANUARY 20, 2012 9:07PM
Topics: open call, occupy the courts, cedar rapids, iowa, movetoamend.org, democracy, political
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- 932 Views
- 6 Comments
Dr. King's Dream and Voter ID
DECEMBER 30, 2011 5:49PM
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- 988 Views
- 7 Comments
Vaclav Havel’s Passing & 1st Anniversary of Arab Spring
DECEMBER 18, 2011 2:05PM
Topics: arab spring, democracy, vaclav havel
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- 3963 Views
- 41 Comments
OWS: A 21st Century Revolution (Updated)
OCTOBER 13, 2011 4:06PM
Topics: paul rosenberg, andrea schmidt, glenn greenwald, feminism, gay/lesbian, politics, environment, economy, protest, democracy, wall street, bill maher, vandana shiva, paul krugman, earth democracy, feminism, now, tea party, vietnam war, ows, occupy wall street, patriarchy, open call, occupy america
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- 1481 Views
- 22 Comments
Occupy Wall Street, West Coast Style
OCTOBER 7, 2011 9:48PM
Topics: occupy wall street, protest, san diego, democracy
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- 3968 Views
- 28 Comments
Why My Generation Should Care About Occupy Wall St
OCTOBER 3, 2011 9:02PM
Topics: 2011, 1968, college, youth, social conscience, direct action, social movement, democracy, inequality, occupy wall street
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