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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

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 2911 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

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    • 21 Ratings
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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

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 3244 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

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1021 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

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1341 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

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    • 38 Ratings
    • 4597 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

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 41354 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    Sarah Palin killed my conservatism

    MAY 21, 2010 4:26PM

    By DanielKronlid


    Topics: palin, conservatism

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    • 36 Ratings
    • 11470 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
    • 2952 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1802 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Joe the Plumber Auditions for the Freak Show

    MAY 5, 2009 9:00AM

    By Ric Caric


    Topics: racism, homophobia, glenn beck, rush limbaugh, republican party, conservatism, joe the plumber

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