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    COULD WE ACCIDENTALLY WORK OURSELVES INTO ANOTHER CIVIL WAR?

    MARCH 13, 2012 3:45PM

    By Frank Apisa


    Topics: liberalism, conservatism, obama, civil war

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1119 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "War on Women" Just Tip of the Iceberg

    MARCH 13, 2012 12:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, sandra fluke, bill maher, rush limbaugh, right wing, christian fundamentalism, orthodoxy, israel, netanyahu, women's rights, dinesh d'souza, andrew sullivan, feminazis, war on women, birth control, catholic bishops, religious right, theocracy, liberalism, conservatism, book of revelations, west bank settlements, likud, patriarchy, hillary clinton, women of the world summit, misogyny

    • 0 Ratings
    • 402 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Psychology of Uncaring

    MARCH 10, 2012 8:19AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: scott peck, liberalism, psychology, baby boomers, caring

    • 0 Ratings
    • 271 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Has Chris Matthews Jumped the Shark?

    MARCH 2, 2012 10:58AM

    By ameriviking1


    Topics: liberalism, rachel maddow, chris matthews, media, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 8013 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Rick Santorum and the Closing of the Conservative Mind

    FEBRUARY 29, 2012 3:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: liberalism, dennis prager, anti-intellectualism, richard hofstadter, christian right, lawrence welk, godliness, morality, liberal arts, good, evil, republican party, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, nazis, national review, william f. buckley, l. brent bozell, barry goldwater, freedom, virtue, francisco franco, fascism, liberal bias, truth

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1251 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A face full of right wing hypocrisy, up close and personal

    FEBRUARY 27, 2012 4:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: heresy, r.j. rushdoony, reconstructionism, john birch society, white supremacists, biblical law, frederick clarkson, the bible, theocracy, iran, secularism, liberalism, conservatism, fox news, dennis prager, christian dominionist, right wing

    • 7 Ratings
    • 3222 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Are Right Wing Conservatives Hypocrites By Nature?

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 12:23PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: george w. bush, reinhold neibuhr, newt gingrich, rick sandorum, franklin graham, community-building, liberalism, military industrial complex, washington monthly, alan wolfe, conservatism, e.j. dionne, family values, religious right, hypocrisy, rachel maddow, right wing, republican party, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 685 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Liberalism...its own worst enemy!

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 9:09AM

    By Frank Apisa


    Topics: liberalism, conservatism, obama

    • 1 Ratings
    • 966 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    A republic, if you can keep it...

    FEBRUARY 12, 2012 11:22AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, birth control, liberalism, authoritarianism, absolutism, james madison, walter lippmann, reason, faith, ideology, legitimacy, sovereignty, fundamentalism, democracy, president obama, freedom of religion

    • 4 Ratings
    • 778 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Right wing will stop at nothing to get its way

    FEBRUARY 7, 2012 11:33AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, catholic church, filibuster, contraception, abortion, planned parenthood, komen foundation, breast cancer, women's rights, health care, liberalism, conservatism, cardinal law, james madison, federalist papers

    • 8 Ratings
    • 839 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Will GOP let us elect a madman?

    JANUARY 25, 2012 10:04AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: paul begala, kathleen parker, rick santorum, free market, elizabeth warren, community, liberalism, conservatism, individualism, hypocrisy, george will, newt gingrich, tea party, republican party, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 185 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Pass the Butter Mr. Gorbachev: The Uselessness of Corporate

    JANUARY 19, 2012 8:07PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: what's good for gm is good for the country, socialism, overclass, mikhail gorbachev, liberalism, kill a commie for christ and deregulate everything in sight, facism, deregulation, corporate personhood, class war, capitalism, campaign financing, billionaire jealousy

    • 1 Ratings
    • 384 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Inner City and Political Correctness

    JANUARY 3, 2012 4:32AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: social peace, liberalism, yugoslavia, political correctness, gangs, racism, inner city

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1680 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Conservative Catholic Santorum Rejects Democracy

    DECEMBER 31, 2011 1:02PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, catholic church, liberalism, conservatism, opus dei, rick santorum, religious right, freedom, liberty, social contract, john locke, morality, popular sovereignty, declaration of independence

    • 0 Ratings
    • 582 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    "Conflicted" Voters Hold Key to 2012 Race

    DECEMBER 29, 2011 10:27AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, welfare, republican party, democratic party, compassionate conservatism, 2012 election, barack obama, liberalism, conservatism, tom edsall, mitt romney, entitlements, freedom, statism, race, new deal

    • 1 Ratings
    • 359 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Christian Conservatism, Africa and Innovation

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 8:19AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: greatness, liberalism, america, innovation, africa, racism, christian conservatism

    • 2 Ratings
    • 696 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Barack Obama is the real conservative

    DECEMBER 27, 2011 9:23AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, barack obama, newt gingrich, barry goldwater, capitalism, new deal, welfare state, wall street, occupy wall street, conservatism, liberalism, radicalism, republican party, democratic party

    • 3 Ratings
    • 520 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Libertarianism and More Inclusive Liberalism

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 8:33AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: liberalism, nature, parenting, education, science, government, economics, self-interest, objectivism, ayn rand, libertarianism, ron paul

    • 10 Ratings
    • 2161 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The Problem With Liberals

    JANUARY 4, 2012 2:23PM

    By Ben Sen


    Topics: liberalism, politics, obama, ben sen's essays, montaigne

    • 0 Ratings
    • 730 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    An open mind is a terrible thing to waste

    DECEMBER 14, 2011 9:39AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: bigotry, public square. sharia law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, toleration, theocracy, liberalism, enlightenment, reason, democracy, catholic church, fundamentalism, newt gingrich, religious right, religion, politics

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