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    • 9 Ratings
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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 239 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Vulture Capitalism Is About "Values?"

    MAY 17, 2012 9:37AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: public schools, bain capital, steve jobs, egalitarianism, class warfare, income redistribution, limited government, social democracy, jonathan chait, finance reform, financial crisis, credit default swap, masters of the universe, democracy, 99% and 1%, commercialism, too big to fail, oligarchy, robber barons, socialism, entrepreneurialism, bill gates, new deal, egalitarianism, jeff jacoby, thomas friedman, american enterprise institute, arthur brooks, free market, supply-side economics, capitalism, american exceptionalism, freedom, financial reform, wall street, jamie dimon, jpmorgan, economics, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 328 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2213 Views
    • 17 Comments
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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

    • 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

    • 0 Ratings
    • 420 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    "Conflicted" Voters Hold Key to 2012 Race

    DECEMBER 29, 2011 10:27AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, welfare, republican party, democratic party, compassionate conservatism, 2012 election, barack obama, liberalism, conservatism, tom edsall, mitt romney, entitlements, freedom, statism, race, new deal

    • 2 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Barack Obama is the real conservative

    DECEMBER 27, 2011 9:23AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, barack obama, newt gingrich, barry goldwater, capitalism, new deal, welfare state, wall street, occupy wall street, conservatism, liberalism, radicalism, republican party, democratic party

    • 2 Ratings
    • 328 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Human Capital

    DECEMBER 18, 2011 4:10PM

    By Shannon Moon


    Topics: government, green energy, new deal, education, college, resources, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2651 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Stocks point to a dying middle class

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 8:09AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, class war, great society, new deal, business insider, bloomberg, jimmy zuma, nick hanauer, tax, upper class, policy, economic, economy, middle class, stocks

    • 0 Ratings
    • 240 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Occupy Wall Street in the Spotlight

    OCTOBER 31, 2011 4:46AM

    By Allan Goldstein


    Topics: fear, new deal, progressives, capitalism, economics, protest, occupy

    • 0 Ratings
    • 443 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Boomer vs. Boomer v.2.0

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 10:18AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: baby boomers, generation x generation y, norman rockwell, andy warhol, chicago seven, rennie davis, tom hayden, abbie hoffman, dave dellinger, william kunstler, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, jfk, new deal, socialism, wall street, hippies, american history

    • 24 Ratings
    • 684 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Be of Good Cheer! Alabama Clergy Rightly Sue Their State.

    AUGUST 30, 2011 6:32AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: clergy, immigration, lawsuit, penalty for driving undocumented to hospital, public health, politics, fugitive slave act, secession, civil war, death penalty, lethal injection drugs, outsourcing, medicare, new deal, fear, bigotry, justice, health, contraception, abortion, church, ministers, christian duty

    • 1 Ratings
    • 372 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Greed Is Not Good

    AUGUST 18, 2011 11:18AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, laissez faire, new deal, stimulus, great depression

    • 0 Ratings
    • 258 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    S&P and the Folly of Conventional Wisdom

    AUGUST 14, 2011 4:34PM

    By Bennet Kelley


    Topics: economic stimulus package, economic stimulus package, japan's lost decade, new deal, japan's lost decade, new deal, new deal 2.0, new deal 2.0, richard koo, richard koo, standard & poor's, standard & poor's, u.s. credit downgrade, u.s. credit downgrade, u.s.' lost decade, u.s.' lost decade

    • 2 Ratings
    • 402 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum In Washington D.C.

    AUGUST 2, 2011 1:28AM

    By Tom Wright


    Topics: the prince, machiavelli, double dip, recession, great depression, business, television, new deal, government, robert reich, paul krugman, deficit, republicans, obama, washington, economy, politics, news

    • 22 Ratings
    • 482 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Justice Wins, Greed Loses, in New York

    MAY 25, 2011 5:46AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: establishment republicans, tea party, medicare, new deal, lust, greed, politics, news, ny-26, davis, corwin, hochul

    • 0 Ratings
    • 120 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Dazed and Confused but Don't Worry China Will Save Me

    MAY 20, 2011 7:09PM

    By Kevin Kakareka


    Topics: open call, politics, taxes, entitlement programs, taxes, deregulation, fascism, new deal, reserve currency, depression, china

    • 0 Ratings
    • 170 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    FDR's New Deal: In Utero

    MARCH 24, 2011 5:43AM

    By CJ Maloney


    Topics: roosevelt, tr, woodrow wilson, america, liberty, economics, new deal, fdr, bad ideas

    • 0 Ratings
    • 368 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Wisconsin Today: Fascism In Business Suits?

    MARCH 10, 2011 12:50AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: crime, unions, democrats, gop, fascism, politics, mission accomplished, rachel maddow, united states of america, usa, devolution, simpsons, nixonland, richard nixon, republicans, new deal, senate, cowardice, obama, wisconsin

    • 1 Ratings
    • 432 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Requiem For An Uncommon Man

    FEBRUARY 13, 2011 7:23AM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: economics, politics, roaring twenties, gi bill, new deal

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