Rick Perlstein

House Dean: Current Vitriolic Climate Is Similar To Before JFK Was Assassinated

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While pundits debate whether the tone in Washington will change in the aftermath of the tragic shooting in Arizona, the dean of the U.S....

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Liberal Elitism Will Make Sarah Palin President - How Only Union Organizing Can Stop It

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The experiences of liberal elites are so outside of the mainstream that, very often, they just don't understand the working class. Very few have any experience living with or knowing working-class people.

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Health Care Protesters: "I'm All Right, Jack"

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is no "we" in the protester's view, no welcome for your tired, your poor, your huddled masses of fellow Americans, much less immigrants. There is only my family, my friends, my neighborhood, my church and my ethnic group,

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Do Progressives Have What It Takes To Win?

Tom Sullivan | Posted 05.25.2011

Conservatives believe -- with justification -- that if they get angry enough and loud enough, liberals will back down from fights like this one.

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Birthers, Town Hall Hecklers And The Return Of Right Wing Rage

Washington Post | Rick Perlstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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So the birthers, the anti-tax tea-partiers, the town hall hecklers -- these are "either" the genuine grass roots or evil conspirators staging scenes f...

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Is Sarah Palin Our Richard Nixon?

Ben Wyskida | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Palin-land:" where Sarah Milhous Palin barnstorms the country arguing that drilling can stop climate change, tax cuts can stop the recession and "family values" can win the day.

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Surviving The Wrath Of Bill O'Reilly

Newsweek.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week I was greeted with an uncomfortable curiosity: a brace of hate mail in my inbox, received within a 20-minute span. The first came at 7:26: "...

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Political Violence in America

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is undeniably true that there is a dangerous and virulent streak of violence and fascism in American conservatism, now and throughout our country's history.

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What's Your Poison?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Spirituality, Financial Security, Baby Boomers, Buddha, Rick Perlstein, Economy, Recession Fears, Job Security, Economic Fears, Financial Crisis, Buddha Poisons, Nixonland, Recession, Healthy Living News

Economic greed and fear are two sides of the same coin. When things start getting better, will the preoccupation with money also abate? Or will fear simply be replaced by another cycle of greed?

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This Word Sounds Like That Word! Obama, Osama, And Other Media Tongue-Twisters

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Here is a fact of life: If you are having a conversation with someone about Obama and Osama, there is a very good chance that someone will slip up somewhere. But honestly, it's really no big deal.

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Conrad Black Defends Nixon From Prison In New York Sun Review

Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conrad Black has found time in his busy prison schedule to defend former President Richard Nixon against the criticism that appears in Rick Perlstein'...

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