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    • 14 Ratings
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    "Liberal Fascism" and Other Rightist Deceptions

    MAY 11, 2012 12:09PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: american prospect, divisiveness, plutocrats, tax cuts, deficits, david stockman, supply side economics, pathway to prosperity, pell grants, ayn rand, president obama, paul ryan, charles krauthammer, neo-conservatives, thomas mann and norm ornstein, conservative movement, pulitzer prize, national review, hack list, alex pareene, jonah goldberg, republican party, right wing, fascism, liberalism, poliitcs

    • 5 Ratings
    • 326 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Republicans Running Away From Their Own Party

    MAY 1, 2012 10:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, scott brown, us senate, right wing, frank luntz, elizabeth warren, president obama, filibuster, tea party, george w bush, propaganda, michael gerson, social security, medicare, wall street reform, big government, budget cuts, conservative movement, obamacare, paul ryan, ayn rand, capitalism, supply side economics, catholic church, catholic bishops, social justice, new deal, keynesian economics, mitt romney, socialism, conservatism, liberalism

    • 7 Ratings
    • 634 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    "Conservatives" Let Slip Their Radical Designs

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, supreme court, clarence thomas, conservatism, liberalism, strip search, paul ryan, safety net, military spending, ezra klein, deficit reduction, tax cuts, supply side economics, president obama, radicalism, mitt romney, neuropolitics, joe klein, charles fried, health reform, judicial activism, lewis powell, us chamber of commerce, vast right wing conspiracy, hillary clinton, bush v gore, citizens united, conservative movement, new deal, ayn rand, fdr

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 6093 Views
    • 109 Comments
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    ObamaCare’s Day in Court: Reductio ad absurdum

    MARCH 28, 2012 2:10PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: chief justice roberts, roger pilon, cato institute, free market solutions to health care costs, ayn rand, rand paul, national public radio, nina totenberg, emtala, the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, supreme court review of the affordable care act, individual mandate, obamacare, affordable care act, health care reform, health care, public policy, law, justice alito, : justice scalia

    • 8 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Ayn Rand About Marilyn Monroe

    MARCH 8, 2012 5:21PM

    By Jacob Freeze


    Topics: marilyn monroe, ayn rand

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 7094 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

    • 2 Ratings
    • 667 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Why Loving Freedom Means Embracing Abortion

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 9:24AM

    By Jessica DelBalzo


    Topics: conservatives, ayn rand, reproductive rights, birth control, abortion

    • 9 Ratings
    • 2113 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Rick SATANorum's "Sly Lies" & Sociopathic Political Theology

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 11:11PM

    By Ron Robinson


    Topics: comedy, business, books, feminism, family, science, politics, news, martin luther king, alec exposed, american legislative exchange council (alec), hitler, belief/religion, urine testing, welfare, bodily fluids, poor, poverty, republicans, death penalty, war, abortion, contraception, catholic bishops, jesus, false equivalence, atlas shrugged, john galt, liberals, conservatives, religious right, ralph reed, right-wing, michelle bachmann, ayn rand, american values network, red letter christians, jesuits, crusader christian, christianity, ron robinson, obama, media, political theology, sociopath, rush limbaugh, alice stewart, john sharlett, open+call, health

    • 0 Ratings
    • 242 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Conservatives: Snapping at the Hand that Feeds Them

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 9:14PM

    By Martin Hill


    Topics: news, politics, elections, primaries, mitt romney, rick santorum, government benefits, benefits, social security, welfare, corporate welfare, ayn rand

    • 2 Ratings
    • 695 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    "Tea Party" is new name for old, familiar Radical Right

    JANUARY 4, 2012 3:35PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, tea party, republican party, radical right, dan balz, iowa caucus, eric cantor, ronald reagan, joseph mccarthy, radical right, william f. buckley, jr, ron paul, christian reconstructionists, states rights, ayn rand, dixicrats

    • 0 Ratings
    • 396 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Flushing 2011: Some Bests, Worsts, and Predictions Sure to Fail

    JANUARY 1, 2012 11:01PM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: 2011apple, 2012, new year, steve jobs, robot murder pigs, charlie sheen, rapture, harold camping, kevin smith, pepper spray cop, frantagraphics, illinois, gop, republican, joe walsh, popsicle pete, seanbaby, kate beaton, jeff lemire, peter milligan, scott snyder, swamp thing, rob liefeld, wonder woman, frank miller, ayn rand, atlas shrugged, fantagraphics, dave mckean, art siegelman, tito faraci, rom, dexter, lulu, lou teed, james joyce, banks, russell crowe, ann coulter, bill maher, helen mirren, huffington post, john galliano, anal piercing, 2012 predictions, horror, eli roth, neal adams, kevin o'neill, alan moore, james fox, mick jagger, nicholas roeg, movies, music, david lynch, lars von trier, warner communications, peanuts, watchmen 2, new 52, justic league, aquaman, fear itself, flashpoint, geoff johns, kieron gillen, matt fraction, marvel, dc comics, comics, herman cain, donald trump, worst of 2011, best of 2011

    • 3 Ratings
    • 479 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

    • 4 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Ayn Rand and Relationships

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 3:23AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: psychology, relationships, atlas shrugged, fountainhead, ayn rand

    • 1 Ratings
    • 374 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    We shall hang together or we shall surely hang separately

    DECEMBER 17, 2011 10:45AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: wall street, jobs, wage gap, middle class, economic planning, capitalism, adam smith, ayn rand, euro crisis, austerity, republican party, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 230 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Curious Appeal of Ron Paul

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 5:32AM

    By Olivia Nuzzi


    Topics: new jersey, chris christie, libertarianism, ayn rand, debates, gop candidates, politics, ron paul

    • 0 Ratings
    • 467 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Ron Paul: Pollyanna For President

    DECEMBER 6, 2011 10:40AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, 2012 campaign, newt gingrich, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, tea party patriots, tea party nation, tea party express, tea party, republican party, libertarianism, john galt, the fountainhead, atlas shrugged, ayn rand, rand paul, ron paul

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film

    NOVEMBER 27, 2011 7:18PM

    By David Brin


    Topics: atlas shrugged, ayn rand

    • 9 Ratings
    • 793 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    OCCUPY WALL STREET: the next step

    NOVEMBER 19, 2011 6:51AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: political action, milton freidman, ayn rand, the 99%, the 1%, nazis, washington dc, the 1880s, sweatshops, haymarket riot, financial panics, diptheria, european riots, greece, move on, revolutionaries, idealists, anarachists, homeless people, class differences, mitosis, samantha bee, the daily show, occupy america, economy, zuccotti park, belief/religion, news, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 599 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Why the rise of Cain

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 10:21PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, social darwinism, simcity, sarah palin, romney-cain 2012, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, racism, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, mitt romney, michael steele, john mccain, herman cain, george w. bush, dumbfuckery, democratic party, cynicism, cornel west, cain, bobby jindal, ayn rand, alabama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 489 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Obama must get exit GOP's "My Way Or the" Highway

    OCTOBER 29, 2011 9:49AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, paul ryan, obama, democratic party, norm ornstein, david brooks, paul ryan, ayn rand, bipartisanship

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