Sarah Palin as the American Thatcher?
In the waning hours of the campaign, otherwise known as the end days of Republican rule, acolytes of Sarah Palin are preparing the way for her triumphal return.
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Dear Conservatives: Break Some Liberal Hearts. Vote Obama.
David Quigg | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
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No group in America would have more trouble adjusting to an Obama presidency than the Bush Liberals. Yes, there really is such a thing as a Bush Liberal. Let me explain.
Liberal Media to Blame? Not This Time: Apostate Conservatives Nail Coffin Shut
Brian Normoyle | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics
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Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend muc...
Liberalism, What Are You Going As for Halloween?
Matt Mendelsohn | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business
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This year, it seemed certain that liberalism would show up at the Halloween block party wearing the costume of a self-loathing American: a terrorist-loving, non-flag-pin-lapel-wearing lefty.
Why McCain Has Lost Our Vote
CC Goldwater | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
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Being Barry Goldwater's granddaughter and living in Arizona, one would assume that I am voting for John McCain. However, nothing about McCain compares to the ideology my grandfather stood for.
2008 Election Reveals What the G.O.P. Has Become
Byron Williams | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics
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Can someone remind me when conservatism was granted sole authority to determine who loves this country and who is un-American?
Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: For the Beltway Media, Even Democratic Victories Prove the Country is Conservative
Paul Waldman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media
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When Republicans win, we're told that Democrats need to move to the center. When Democrats win, on the other hand, we're told that... Democrats need to move to the center.
The Failed Bailout: A Drop in the Bucket and Abusive to Renters
Shahid Buttar | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business
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Beyond its uncertainty, the Administration also appears as disingenuous as it did on Iraq. Five years ago, officials cried wolf about weapons of mass destruction that were never found.
The Conservative "Secular Problem" and the Palin Pick
Bill Scher | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
McCain's selection by a plurality of Republican primary voters showed an implicit willingness to tackle the secular problem, at least symbolically if not substantively.
The Republican Albatross: Conservatives, Ideology, and the Human Condition As Seen By David Brooks
Dan Agin | Posted 07.26.2008 | Media
The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.
A Quiet Day For Conservatism (VIDEO)
American News Project | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
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Grover Norquist and the most powerful conservative institutions met in Washington DC to discuss the state of the movement for lower taxes and less gov...
Conservatism is Dead: Long Live Liberalism? (Part III)
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
A revival of the American community requires us to spend much less of our energy and resources on fighting one another, and invest much more of it in the common good.
Conservatism Is Dead; Long Live Liberalism? (Part II)
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
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The conservatives' well of ideas may well have run dry, but the American majority has hardly turned liberal. So could the most compelling ideas be neither conservative nor liberal but communitarian?
Conservatism Is Dead; Long Live Liberalism? (Part I)
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
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Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. long claimed to have found that American politics swing back and forth between conservative and liberal periods. After 8 years of Bush, a liberal comeback is due (if not overdue).
Phil Gramm Is Conservatism
Bill Scher | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
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This is conservatism. The insistence that your economic dissatisfaction is illegitimate, and can only be explained by a brainwashing from the media or politicians
It's 1968 Revisited, And It's Not The Liberals' Year
Tony Sachs | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
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To elect a far-left liberal in 2008 would be like Reagan getting elected in 1968, or FDR in 1924. The country simply isn't ready yet. The liberals' time will come again -- just not this year.
Identity Crisis
Lincoln Chafee | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
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Jesse Helms' legacy is one of strong opposition to women's reproductive freedom, gay rights, foreign aid for diplomacy, and public funding for the arts -- priorities that run strong in today's GOP.
This is Obama's Time...
Hal Donahue | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
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Now, we as a people realize that the extreme conservatism dominating the Republican Party produces only division and incompetence. We are demanding a reversal of course.
The Right Never Dies
Dennis Perrin | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
Now that Obama has the nomination all but locked up, and is drawing Springsteen-sized crowds, liberal pundits are asking the age-old question: Is conservatism dead?
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