Conservatives

Who Owns Good Food?

Zachary Adam Cohen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Food, Conservatives, Sustainable Food, George W. Bush, Food Politics, Progressives, Local Sustainable Food, Bipartisanship Sustainable Food, Green News
Zachary Adam Cohen

All Americans, regardless of political party, still eat thrice daily and because of our primal need for food, it remains an exalted subject that should be beyond mere partisan bickering.

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Conservative Hating On Cash-For-Clunkers

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Cash-for-Clunkers, Health Care, Ford Motors, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Government can work, and the "Cash for Clunkers" program proved it. So, naturally, conservatives have to hate on it.

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White Racism Black Bigotry: The Talk About Race is All Wrong!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Systemic Racism, Teachable Moment, Gates, Black Bigotry, President Obama, Issues of Race, Race Relations, Obama, James Crowley, Mud Fight, Racist, Converations on Race, Racists, Noel Cazenave, Liberals, Sgt. Crowley, Crowley, Boston Police, Rush Limbaugh, Politics, Bigotry, Lou Dobbs, Gate and Obama, Racism, Race, Racial Bigotry, Racial Profiling, Civil Rights Movement, Sociology, Police, White Racism, Glenn Beck, Skip Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Conservatives, Officer Barrett, Uconn, University of Connecticut, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Sgt. James Crowley, Obama Beer, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.

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Biden "Jesus Christ" Called "Hate Speech" By Conservative

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Islam, Southern Baptist Convention, Joe Biden, Iran, United Methodist Church, Mark Tapscott, Presbyterian Church, Religion, Nuclear Weapons, Conservatives, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Vladimir Putin, Muslims, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Political Correctness, Vice President Joe Biden, Politics News

Mark Tapscott, the editorial page editor of the conservative Washington Examiner, has nothing but fire and brimstone for Joe Biden. In an op-ed last ...

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Sarah Palin: What the British Might Think...

Cedric Perrier | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Susan Boyle, Conservatives, Cedric Perrier, David Axelrod, Ronald Reagan, Elliot Spitzer, Sarah Palin, British Politics, Labour Party, Lew Wasserman, Alaska, Palin 2012, Politics News
Cedric Perrier

Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.

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Free-Market Conservatives Are Just Wrong

Dave Johnson | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Free Markets, Conservatives, Trade, Economy, Free Market Capitalism, Free-Market Conservatives, Free Market, Business News
Dave Johnson

Conservative free-market conservative ideologues manage to make a bad thing out of paying American workers good wages and benefits.

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Think Again: Why Does Barack Obama Hate America? (Hint: Blame ACORN)

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Racism, Glenn Beck, Conservatives, Henry Louis Gates, Gates, Race, Barack Obama, Obama Race, Media News
Eric Alterman

Obama's comments on the Gates arrest have demonstrated the dismal quality of conservative commentary these days.

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The Birther Movement Won't Go Away, and for Good Reason

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy, White House, Conservatives, President Obama, Robert Ibbs, Gop, Race, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Every newspaper, magazine, talk show host that damns the birthers as a bunch of wacky, paranoid, Obama-haters stirs the pot even more, giving unintended help to the movement.

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When Liberals and Conservatives Are Two Sides of the Same Oppressive Coin

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservatives, Liberals, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Native Americans, Justice, Bigotry, Bruce E. Levine, Politics News
Bruce E. Levine

Conservative-liberal American society is sure of itself. It is sure of which cultures are backwards and which personalities need to be modified.

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Unfair to the Unbalanced: When Fair and Balanced is Not Required

John Milewski | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Journalistic Bias, Obama Birth Certificate, Birther-Movement, Conservatives, Liberals, Fair and Balanced, Lou Dobbs, Journalism, Barack Obama, Partisan Politics, Media News
John Milewski

Do we really need to be respectful of the views of the scarily unhinged, tragically misinformed, or strategically dishonest?

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Our Elected Followers

Lance Simmens | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Economic Stimulus Package, Economic Growth, Conservatives, Blackwater, Raising Taxes, George Will, Halliburton, Politics News
Lance Simmens

It is discouraging, disheartening, and distressing to watch so-called political leaders cower under the weight of the public policy responsibilities they so desperately campaigned to assume.

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Vitter Defends South, Values Against "Wishy Washy" Voinovich

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Serious Sin Vitter, Ohio, Conservative Values, Republican Party, Stormy Daniels, Louisiana, Richard Lugar, Conservatives, Voinovivh, Gun Rights, David Vitter, Vitter, Jim Demint, Republicans, Politics News

Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday fired back at a fellow Republican senator who declared southern conservatives the party's biggest problem. Sen...

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How to Debate Health Reform with Conservatives, and Not Get Arrested

Michael J. Elston | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Conservatives, Big Government, Health Care, Politics News
Michael J. Elston

A recent health care reform debate with a friend got so heated I was nearly arrested for disorderly conduct in my own home! How can you protect yourself from becoming part of an ugly, national incident?

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Where are the Conservatives in the Local, Sustainable Movement?

Zachary Adam Cohen | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Small Business, Local Food, Conservatives, Sustainable Food, Sustainability, Crunchy Cons, Locavores, Green Food, Green News
Zachary Adam Cohen

Conservatives value small businesses over corporations because they keep people empowered. The local and sustainable food movement elevates small farmers, artisans and restaurateurs, almost to a heroic level.

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Do Conservatives Follow the Framers -- or the French?

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Conservatives, Courts, Reagan, Strict Constructionist, French Revoultion, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

It is no coincidence that American conservatives now sound like French revolutionaries when they talk about legal issues.

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Sahil Kapur

"Nonpartisan" Front For Insurers Has Been Widely Cited

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Conservative Media, Public Health Insurance Option, Health Care Reform, Health, Republicans, Insurance Companies, Conservatives, Lewin Group, Politics News

The Lewin Group, exposed by the Washington Post as a subsidiary of an insurance company, has been widely cited as an objective, nonpartisan source of ...

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Freedom, Choice, and Health Care Reform

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: The Great Transformation, The Foundry, Freedom, Health Insurance Exchange, Heritage Foundation, Karl Polanyi, Joseph Stiglitz, Rory Cooper, Health Care, Public Option, Conservatives, Politics News
Harry Moroz

The Health Insurance Exchange is a means of regulating private insurance, not destroying it: it maintains a market for insurance, while affirming modern-day economists' good sense.

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Race-Colored Glasses: Seeing What's There

Sally Kohn | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Conservatives, Race, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Sally Kohn

Instead of criticizing Judge Sotomayor for seeing race in America, we should be asking: Why don't the rest of us?

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Con Games: Conservatism In Reality

Michael Conniff | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Climate Change, Polling, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Resignation, Conservatives, Effects of Climate Change, Neoconservatives, Entertainment News
Michael Conniff

Two out of every three Republicans believe news of global climate change is "exaggerated" -- the same margin as those who want Sarah Palin to remain "a major national political figure."

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Obama's True History of the Cold War

Matthew Duss | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Iran Election, Barack Obama, World News
Matthew Duss

Earlier today, President Obama delivered a speech to Moscow's New Economic School, in which he outlined his vision for the future U.S.-Russia relationship.

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The Uncomfortable Circle: Conservative

Xeth Feinberg | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Environment, Conservation, Cartoon, Conservatives, Humor, Energy Policy, Xeth, Comedy News
Xeth Feinberg

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Sen. Thune Tries To Rally Conservatives Against Sotomayor: "We Need You"

The National Journal | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Republican Party, Gop, Conservatives, John Thune, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Politics News

Monday night, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., made a rallying cry for conservatives in opposition to Sonia Sotomayor: "We need you involved in this process,"...

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Why do White People Have to Outscore Everybody Else on Tests? And Other Questions You've Wondered but Didn't Dare Ask!

Richard M. Benjamin | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ricci v. Destefano, Whites, Supreme Court, Education, Conservatives, Judges, Sonia Sotomayor, Racism, Conservatism, Fire, Race, Prejudice, Politics News
Richard M. Benjamin

How can public institutions achieve "diversity" in a way that's fair and legal?

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RNC's Michael Steele Becomes Union Man

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, John McCain, Kate Bronfenbrenner, President Obama, Secret Ballot, Rush Limbaugh, Cornell University, Employee Free Choice Act, Usw, Congress, United Steelworkers, Civil Unions, Facebook, Republican, General Motors, Conservatives, Moderates, Socialism, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Steele can perch that white hard hat atop his head, but he's going to have to labor at learning some hard philosophical lessons before becoming a real steelworker, a true union man.

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Revolution.com

Cedric Perrier | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blackberry, Left Wing, Twitter, Digg, Referendum, Obama, Iran, China, Tiananmen Square, Iphone, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Change in Regime, Centrism, Conservatives, Revolution, Tehran, Mao Zedong, Bono, Politics News
Cedric Perrier

In the last six months alone, we have begun to see the rise of the electronic electorate and with it a real prospect for the growth of Referendum politics.

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