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    Republicans Set to Repeat 1964 Disaster?

    AUGUST 27, 2012 9:47AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: john birch society, young americans for freedom, peace corps, students for democratic society, freedomworks, town hall disruptions, sarah palin, crane brinton, revolution, partisanship, social conservatives, tea party, washington establishment, political polarization, anti-communism, olympia snowe, the syndicate, 1964 election, republican convention, moderates, geoffrey kabaservice, conservative movement, right wing, establishment republicans, nelson rockefeller, tom hayden, communism, jr., william f. buckley, national review, william rusher, extremism, barry goldwater, republican party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3567 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
    • 12 Ratings
    • 814 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Should We Honor Reagan?

    NOVEMBER 29, 2010 2:39PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: politics, communism, president reagan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1236 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Glenn Beck Isn't Enemies with Godless, Lying Progressives

    OCTOBER 26, 2010 10:13PM

    By The Basstardo


    Topics: communism, glenn beck, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2480 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Berlin Wall returns - as a "serious" computer game

    OCTOBER 4, 2010 7:00AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: berlin, berlin wall, germany, east germany, gdr, cold war, communism, inner-german border

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2666 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Glenn Beck: If You Like it, It's Right Wing

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 4:21PM

    By American Heretic


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, glenn beck, restoring honor, rally, mlk, martin luther king, civil rights, obama, social justice, racist, racism, communist, communism, progressive, 8/28, lies, libertarian, conservative, right wing, jack o'dell, stanley levison, elizabeth dilling, slavery, nazism, anti-semitic, nazi, socialist, marxist, church, religion, the red network, conspiracy, infiltrators

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2969 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Adventures in PC: Are East Germans an "ethnic group"?

    APRIL 16, 2010 7:43AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, east germany, berlin, stuttgart, political correctness, civil rights, equality, politics, history, communism, cold war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 7329 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Elitism is Real and it's Making the Tea Party Bigger

    APRIL 15, 2010 2:09AM

    By Asta Charles


    Topics: elitism, obamacare, healthcare, socialism, communism, republicans, nancy pelosi, love, hate, war, tina fey, the daily show, extremism, politics, news, taxes

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4511 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Top Ten Things I Want the Government to Control

    MARCH 18, 2010 2:58PM

    By Kevin Broccoli


    Topics: government, communism, melrose place, cbs, transformers, megan fox, healthcare, james patterson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2699 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Watching the dominoes fall in Berlin: Reflections on 11/9/09

    NOVEMBER 10, 2009 11:22AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: angela merkel, barack obama, hillary clinton, communism, cold war, 1989, november 9, germany, history, berlin wall, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 6581 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    My escape from East Berlin

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6:51AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: communism, gdr, east germany, fall of the berlin wall, berlin wall, berlin, east berlin, cold war, ernst thälmann

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 4569 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Freedom Day: Prague, September 30, 1989

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 6:35AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, cold war, prague, gdr, east germany, berlin, communism, freedom, democracy, genscher, 1989, travel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 8183 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Obama's speech destroyed my neighborhood!

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 11:23AM

    By fins2theleft


    Topics: obama, shoplifting, skateboarding, kids, the speech that ate america, democrats, gop, america, children, schools, schoolchildren, republicans, communism, socialism, wingnuts, the colonel's special recipe

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 130657 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    A leap to freedom... and to a life of fear

    AUGUST 7, 2009 8:09AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: history, cold war, communism, berlin wall, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 9943 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Why I hate "The Lives of Others"

    JULY 23, 2009 12:51PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: movies, germany, east germany, berlin, communism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 10016 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Who is buried in Rosa Luxemburg's tomb?

    MAY 31, 2009 10:56PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, berlin, world war i, communism, revolution

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 4954 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    How I escaped from East Berlin

    MARCH 10, 2009 2:59PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: east germany, soviet, communism, berlin wall, socialism, revolution, 1989, east berlin, berlin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1882 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Responsibilities of American Citizenship (1955)

    OCTOBER 28, 2008 11:17AM

    By shaggylocks


    Topics: socialism, politics, propaganda, 1950s, political science, citizenship, capitalism, communism, cold war

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