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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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Intelligence Bureaucracy, Not Clinton 'Wall,' Caused Intelligence Failures, Says Declassified 9/11 Commission Report

Frank Naif | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Intelligence, Right Wing Media, Joe Scarborough, Central Intelligence Agency, Conservatives, Cia, Counterterrorism, 9/11, Fbi, 9/11 Commission, Right Wing, Declassified Documents, State Department, Politics News
Frank Naif

Different parts of the government had important clues about the 9/11 attacks well in advance, but didn't share them with intelligence or law enforcement units that could have acted on them.

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Call Me a Bleeding Heart Conservative

Norman Lear | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Born Again American, Conservatives, Byron York, David Frum, Politics News
Norman Lear

Yesterday, a blogger accused "Born Again American" of being liberal, saying "the song is a dead fish hidden within a chocolate cake." I've seen withering comments before, but how withering can you get?

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Playboy--What About Meeeee!

Julia Gorin | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Animal Rights, Rape, Peta, playboy.com, Liberals, Star Parker, Guy Cimbalo, Mary Katharine Ham, Democrats, Ann Coulter, Fur, Conservatives, Sex, Michelle Malkin, Angela Mcglowan, Julia Gorin, Republicans, Playboy, Comedy News
Julia Gorin

Nothing says too fat and not famous enough like being excluded from the angry-sex fantasies of a liberal who despises conservative women.

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Ladies, If Sarah Palin Ever Makes Sense Again on Issues Impacting Women, We Must Move More Quickly to Support Her

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sexism, Al Sharpton, Bristol Palin, Cbs, Sarah Palin, 2012, Woman, A-Rod, Comedy, Msnbc, Feminism, The Late Show, Liberals, Don Imus, Cynthia McKinney, Feminists, Politics, Nappy Headed Hoes, Shock Jock, Democrats, Neal Brootz, Racism, Women, Palin, Sarah Palin and David Letterman, Wabc, Republicans, Conservatives, Wfan, Alaska Governor, David Letterman, Women-Exploitation, Tina Brown, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

For the first time since she has been in the public spotlight, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was able to talk her way into an issue that really resonated with the masses.

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The "Just Say NO-Bama Campaign": Part 1 - Where Have All the News Editors Gone?

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, Conservative Media, Obama Apology, Liberal Media, Newspapers, Conservatives, Liberals, Traditional Media, Propaganda, Conservative Talk Radio, Racism, Broadcast-News, Socialism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Kimberly Krautter

I am deeply concerned that the rules of engagement have been irresponsibly relaxed under the pressure to compete for the scoops, exclusives and gotcha-quotes-of-the-day.

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Pat Buchanan Praises Obama's Iran Approach

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Party, Gop, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Conservatives, Mitt Romney, Obama, Iran, Bill Kristol, Pat Buchanan, Iran Elections, Politics News

Conservative commenter Pat Buchanan rarely has kind things to say about Barack Obama. But on the issue of the Iranian election, Buchanan has emerged a...

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Bonfire of The Vanities: The Arrogance of British Politics

Cedric Perrier | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Sub-Prime, House of Commons, Congress, Britain, Parliament, Bbc, Member of Parliament, Labour Party, David Cameron, Democracy, Tony Blair, Telegraph, Recession, England, Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, Conservatives, Madoff, Mp, Parliamentary Expenses, Republicans, World News
Cedric Perrier

Politicians have long been fodder for the rabble-rousing editor of any tabloid, but when exactly did we stop respecting or appreciating those we elect to represent us in the legislative process?

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What Rush Limbaugh Really Thinks of You

Ken Levine | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Lunch With Rush Limbaugh, Conservatives, Rush Limbaugh, Radio, Media News
Ken Levine

At my lunch with Rush Limbaugh, I was very surprised by how down-to-earth he appeared to be. Self deprecating, easy going, and very candid.

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Small Government? You Mean Big Business.

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Government, Taxes, Financial Crisis, Conservatives, Finance, Politics, Home News
Andrew Reinbach

Government has to be strong enough to handle any power or alliance of powers. It doesn't matter what those powers are: If a government can't stand up to them, it can't do its job.

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