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    • 19 Ratings
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    Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa

    MAY 1, 2013 9:46AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, law, supreme court, sandra day o'connor, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, conservatism, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, constitution, chicago tribune, rachel maddow, democratic party, republican party, partisanship, william rehnquist, george w. bush, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1276 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1479 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    So, who's "dependent" on government?

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 3:20PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president obama, republican party, walter lippmann, private property, rule of law, william blackstone, civil war, progressive movement, teddy roosevelt, robber barons, supreme court, income tax, democracy, state of nature, tea party, let the market decide, capitalism, socialism, supply-side economics, 47%, individualism, community, plutocracy, wall street, government dependency, survival of the fittest, herbert spencer, freedom, caveat emptor, top 1%, corporate welfare, labor unions, capital, politics, economics, mitt romney, gilded age

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7132 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Obama wants to "punish success?" Give me a break

    JULY 27, 2012 10:01AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: health care, gun control, abortion, plutocrats, free market, public sector unions, richard hofstadter, nlrb, epa, affordable care act, colonial america, gordon wood, conservative media, national reivew, fox news, keynesian stimulus, fiscal policy, exotic derivatives, libor, predatory corporate raiders, capitalism, corporate contributions, citizens united, supreme court, voter disenfranchisement, labor, manufacturing, oligarchy, george romney, tax returns, democracy, think progress, paranoid style, conspiracy theory, big government, income tax, punish success, president obama, elizabeth warren, scott brown, mitt romney, welfare queens, republican party, ronald reagan, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2543 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Health Care vs. Politics: Who Wins?

    JULY 9, 2012 6:01PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, affordable care act, americans, community, democrats, economy, fact check, family planning, health care, health care reform, health insurance, obama, obamacare, obesity, politics, republicans, romney, supreme court

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6591 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2636 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    America's Health Care System is Still Broken Part II

    APRIL 24, 2012 4:54PM

    By Rebecca Sarwate


    Topics: cervical cancer, divorce, obamacare, mother earth, big brother, supreme court, tea party, daily beast

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3805 Views
    • 18 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1952 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

    APRIL 4, 2012 8:23AM

    By L. Sterne


    Topics: supreme court

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2467 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Cannabis College Crackdown and Other New World Orders

    APRIL 3, 2012 8:03PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: medical marijuana, strip searches, supreme court

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2525 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Koch Brothers v. Health Reform

    MARCH 26, 2012 3:41PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, health care reform, landmark legal foundation, family research council, cato institute, freedom works, texas public policy foundation, pacific research institute, competitive enterprise institute, galen institute, claude r. lambe charitable foundation, national federation of independent business, koch brothers exposed, americans for prosperity, affordable care act, supreme court, rand paul, jim demint, michelle bachmann, jesse lava, brave new foundation, robert greenwald, david koch, charles koch, koch brothers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2881 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Federal judges: A Not-So-Quick Note on Misguided Rhetoric

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 11:17AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: newt gingrich, face the nation, meet the press, supreme court, us supreme court, united states supreme court, rick perry, michelle bachmann, michele bachmann, rick santorum, federal judges, constitution, erwin chemerinsky, los angeles times, open call, politics, law, gop presidential candidates, 2012 presidential elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1924 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Citizens United constitutional amendment falls short

    NOVEMBER 4, 2011 10:05AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: tom udall, citizens united, constitution, amendment, campaign finance, jimmy zuma, corporate personhood, supreme court, scotus

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 2271 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Republican Anagrams 2012

    JUNE 24, 2011 12:26AM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: anagramistan, rimshot the sitdown comic, red meat republicans, red meat conservatives, reddest of the red meat republicans, tea with that red meat?, fallon, frenemies, puns want to be free, word games want to be free, use without permission, attribution appreciated, republican, crab lineup, republicans, caliber puns, supreme court, prosecute rum, computer user, scores guns, democrats, curse songs, old rant dump, damn turd pol, rick perry, rick prayer, rick santorum, catkin rumours, iran must rock, republican anagrams, republican anagrams 2012, daniel rigney, danagram, open call, politics, comedy, satire, humor, internet anagram server, i rearrangement servant, wordie, scrambled words for breakfast, jumble puzzle, anagram puzzle, word puzzle, pun puzzle, houston chronicle, la piranhas, sarah palin, sharia plan, metro minty, memory tint, mitt romney, michele bachmann, i becalm henchman, red meat republicans, oral pun, a pol run, ron paul, rand paul, paul ryan, ayn rand, from the same pod, thanks for the memories, usual gang of idiots, mad magazine, colbert, daily show with jon stewart, go rachel maddow, msnbc, comedy central, wordies of the world unite, word nerds of the world unite, word nerds, steal this blogpost, word nerds of the world unite, danagram salutes comedy writers, conan o'brien, letterman, rice thresher+back page, earth certificates, jon huntsman, nut man, man nuts, letterman + squirrels, we report you decide, fair and balanced, satire, frenemies, brooke alvarez, onion news network, onn, the onion, wait wait don't tell me, paula poundstone, 'gram, encryption, retching wing, crew night gin, newt gingrich, television, news, gossip, 'gram, political amnesia, video, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3558 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Government Imposed Drug Testing in Indiana

    JUNE 23, 2011 12:05PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: drugs, drug war, drug testing, workers, students, schools, supreme court, indiana, florida, rick scott, richard nixon, sandra day o'connor, clarence thomas, antonin scalia, ronald reagan, federal government, 4th amendment, u.s. constitution, news, opinion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 768 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Companies Can’t Discriminate, But Their Managers Can: The Su

    JUNE 21, 2011 8:43AM

    By Piper Hoffman


    Topics: walmart, wal-mart, gender discrimination, class action, supreme court, feminism, employment law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3488 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Supreme Court Rules California Prisons Too Cruel

    MAY 23, 2011 2:30PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: supreme court, early release, inmates, prison

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1114 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Birth Certificate

    APRIL 28, 2011 1:41AM

    By Mary Beth Loup


    Topics: antonin scalia, harry edwards, ruth bader ginsburg, supreme court, opera, birthers, birth certificate, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4685 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Even With Obamacare, It's As If I Don't Exist

    APRIL 26, 2011 11:59PM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: true story, health, bonnie bernstein, politics, supreme court, mark levin, medical insurance, medicaid, president obama, price of gas, war, economy, obamacare, mammography, my obamacare story, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 15093 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The Koch brothers are getting nervous

    MARCH 31, 2011 9:48PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, corporate responsibility, mike pompeo, kochfacts, washington post, mediabistro, fishbowldc, boycott, supreme court, david koch, charles koch, koch brothers

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