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    THE TRUE BELIEVER Revisited 2: Discouraging Fanaticism

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 6:09PM

    By Richard Erlich


    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

    By Ted Frier


    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

    By Steve Klingaman


    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

    By Joan H.


    Topics: i'd rather stand on the side of good, american university, solidarity, westboro baptist, epiphany in the shower, edmund burke

    • 12 Ratings
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    The Triumph of Evil

    OCTOBER 2, 2010 3:12PM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: politics, news, health, economy, business, belief/religion, open call, edmund burke, socioeconomic, struggle, class, homeless, meanness, triumph, evil, apathy

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1204 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Michele Bachmann’s Nation of Slaves

    JULY 15, 2010 8:53AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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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    David Brooks Fakes It in Center

    APRIL 29, 2010 8:31AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: politics, science, conservatism, edmund burke, nuclear reduction

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1200 Views
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    Biting the Hand that Feeds You: More Republican Hypocrisy

    MAY 5, 2009 1:33PM

    By Michael Fox


    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

    By William Eldred


    Topics: edmund burke, philosophy, natural law

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