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THE TRUE BELIEVER Revisited 2: Discouraging Fanaticism
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 6:09PM
Topics: belief/religion, books, business, comedy, economy, politics, sociology, psychology, fanaticism, islamists, globalization, alienation, capitalism, communism, marx, ayn rand, edmund burke, conservatism, islamophobia, iraq, afghanistan, eric hoffer
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Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix
MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM
Topics: politics, economics, republican party, the matrix, neo, michael fumento, conservatism, fascism, liberalism, democratic party, mccarthyism, salon, bismarck, edmund burke, alexis de tocqueville, right wing extremism, communist party, new deal, barack obama, bill clinton, watergate, iran-contra, fox news, nullification, democracy, walter lippmann, traditions of civility, mike lofgren, authoritarianism, clinton impeachment, allen west, freedom, liberty, gilded age, robber barons, plutocrats, wall street, finance capitalism, reagan administration, national review, washington times, forbes, weekly standard, colin powell, george w bush, david stockman, barry goldwater, david frum, bruce bartlett, richard clarke, lawrence wilkerson
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What’s Missing? Civics.
JUNE 2, 2011 8:33AM
Topics: education, republican ideology, government shutdown, u.s. debt ceiling, political compromise, edmund burke, hubert h. humphrey, dwight eisenhower, civics, 2011 civic literacy report, politics
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Why I Ignored My Own Advice
JANUARY 14, 2011 5:19PM
Topics: i'd rather stand on the side of good, american university, solidarity, westboro baptist, epiphany in the shower, edmund burke
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The Triumph of Evil
OCTOBER 2, 2010 3:12PM
Topics: politics, news, health, economy, business, belief/religion, open call, edmund burke, socioeconomic, struggle, class, homeless, meanness, triumph, evil, apathy
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Michele Bachmann’s Nation of Slaves
JULY 15, 2010 8:53AM
Topics: news, politics, michele bachmann, nation of slaves, western conservative summit, john jay, government tyranny, right wing extremism, kstp/surveyusa poll, minnesota's 6th congressional district, constitutional conservative, barry goldwater, edmund burke, e.j. dionne, aspen ideas festival, morris fiorina, tea party, republican rhetoric, minnesota politics
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- 12050 Views
- 35 Comments
David Brooks Fakes It in Center
APRIL 29, 2010 8:31AM
Topics: tea party, new york times, pew center poll, david brooks, “greetings from just right of center”, edmund burke, progressive conservatism, the center, e.j. dionne, pew research center poll, washington post/abc news poll, “the government war”, conservative pundits, republican spin, politics
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Reflection on the START treaty of Prague
APRIL 8, 2010 4:42PM
Topics: politics, science, conservatism, edmund burke, nuclear reduction
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- 1200 Views
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Biting the Hand that Feeds You: More Republican Hypocrisy
MAY 5, 2009 1:33PM
Topics: business, orange county supervisor pat bates, edmund burke, american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009, federal stimulus program, u.s. army corps of engineers, fullerton dam, prado dam, carbon canyon dam, upper newport bay, santa ana river, seven oaks dam, patricia bates, orange county republican party, orange county board of supervisors, pat bates, orange county politics, stimulous package, orange county republicans, orange county california, orange county, barack obama, obama
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Mind, Body, Mischief, and Politics
JANUARY 12, 2009 7:13AM
Topics: edmund burke, philosophy, natural law
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