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Culture Wars

Art and the Public Purpose: Does the Country Need a Cultural Policy?

Nick Rabkin | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Creativity, Obama Administration, Artists, Culture Wars, Wpa, Reframing, Arts Policy, Chicago Art, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, Chicago News
Nick Rabkin

The divisive and bitter culture war conflicts about race, sexuality, expressive freedom and the role of government in the arts continue to chill the politics of culture, even in the Obama era.

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Cartoon: McInnis the Fossil

Shan Wells | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Scott McInnis, Colorado-Governor-Bill-Ritter, Denver, 2010 Election, Fossil, Colorado Politics, Culture Wars, Cartoon, Denver News
Shan Wells

Former Congressman Scott McInnis was unlikely to stay off radar for too long, and sure enough, last week he announced his candidacy for governor of Colorado.

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Moses vs. Jesus: Who is America's Prophet?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bill Clinton, Culture Wars, Bible, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Thanksgiving, Jesus, George W. Bush, Liberty Bell, Christian Right, Pilgrims, Statue of Liberty, Moses, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

The themes of Moses' life -- social mobility, standing up to authority, balancing freedom and law, dreaming of a promised land -- would make any short list of America's defining traits.

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Auto Tune the Culture

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Internet Radio, Classical Music, Culture Wars, BBC Radio, Radio, Entertainment News
Gerald Sindell

If you are concerned that you might live your life without hearing the music of this century's Mozart or Stravinsky then you might want to take a moment to try listening to BBC Radio 3's live stream.

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The Gates of Political Distraction

Thomas Frank | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Crowley, Culture Wars, Class Warfare, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Obama Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Umbrage at a Harvard professor's class snobbery might derail this generation's greatest hope for actually mitigating the class divide.

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The Specter of the Counterculture II: The Cunning of Desire

James Block | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counterculture, Political Psychology, Psychopolitics, Culture Wars, The Cultural Right, Politics News
James Block

In the decades since the 1960s counterculture, our hypocrisy has grown, not from some native evil, but from an unrelenting sense of confusion and entrapment.

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Culture War Flares Up Over American History Curriculum In Texas Classrooms

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Culture Wars, Education, Bible, Creationism, American History, CéSar CháVez, Curriculum u.s. History, Christianity, Texas Board of Education, Evolution, Constitution, Thurgood Marshall, Church State Separation, Politics News

The fight over school curriculum in Texas, recently focused on biology, has entered a new arena, with a brewing debate over how much faith belongs in ...

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Last Temptation of Christ, American Psychological Association, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, U.P.I., Pat Robertson, Christian Fundamentalism, Religious Addiction, Jewish Fundamentalism, The Journal of Religion and Health, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Daiwa Bank, Mainline Churches, There Is a Way Out, God’s Will, Today Show, Marty Scorsese, Religious Right, Los Angeles Times, Fundamentalist, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Moral Majority, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Science Monitor, Steve Allen, Phil Donahue Show, Hollywood Under Siege, Madonna, Culture Wars, PTL Club, USA Today, Toronto Star, Henry Luce III, San Francisco Chronicle, London Observer, Daniel Berrigan, Luce Publications, Norman Lear, Hank Luce, Gunther Hirshberg, Henry Luce Foundation, Village Voice, Ari Goldman, Universal Studio, U.S. Congress, A. James Rudin, M. Scott Peck, New York Law Journal, Josh Baran, Salman Rushdie, Newsweek, Frank Zappa, Presbyterian, Bill Geist, Ram Dass, Associated Press, A.C.L.U., Psychology Today, Terry Sweeney, Cnn, Like a Prayer, Wall Street, Satanic Verses, Jimmy Swaggart, American Jewish Committee, Oprah Winfrey Show, New York Observer, People for the American Way., New York Times, Episcopalian, New York News
Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Are the Culture Wars Back?

Rachel Laser | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Hate Crimes, Culture Wars, Notre Dame, Progressives, Progressive Movement, Common Ground, Barack Obama, George Tiller, Gay Equality, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Sonia Sotomayor, New Hampshire, Pro-Choice, Third Way, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Rachel Laser

An overwhelmingly popular President and a rising chorus of Americans are imploring policymakers to replace the culture wars with culture discussions. In this new moment, engaging in partisan warfare seems simply passé.

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Obama's Faith Office Full Of Conservative Culture Warriors

The American Prospect | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Culture Wars, Joshua Dubois, Politics News

To promote the alleged "common ground" on "abortion reduction," Joshua DuBois, the director of President Barack Obama's Office of Faith-Based and Neig...

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The Pilgrim's Regress

Steven Weber | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Leadership, Culture Wars, Celebrities Talk Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Gop, Pilgrims, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Steven Weber

The current version of Conservative Republicanism is not an ideology which stands for prosperity and freedom but for bureaucratic negligence, corporate corruption and socio-political division.

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Bristol and Levi Are Forever

Michael Wolff | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Levi Johnston, Culture Wars, Bristol Palin, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Michael Wolff

These "small town" people who were briefly so much better than the "urban elites" have, it would certainly seem, lost both their packaging and their moral superiority.

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The Culture Wars Roll On

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Culture Wars, Economic Stimulus Package, Conservatives, Arts Policy, Republican, Media, Barack Obama, Culture, Ideology, Art, Gop, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The arts and humanities get a pretty raw deal. It was painful to watch the purported centrists in the Senate cut out nearly $100 million worth of funds for arts, culture and education last week.

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"Hannah Montana" Needs Some Sensitivity Training

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Racial Politics, Miley Cyrus, Culture Wars, Stereotypes, Hannah Montana, Asian Americans, Racism, Racial Stereotypes, Race, Chris Rock, Entertainment News
Raymond Leon Roker

Cyrus being a model for millions of kids ought to mean she'd be taught more compassion and sensitivity. A mass exodus of racially conscious fans from her audience will help drive the lesson home.

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The Strange Return of the Sixties Radicals

Johann Hari | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Global Warming, Bill Ayers, Vietnam War, Culture Wars, 1960's, Henry Kissinger, Politics News
Johann Hari

There is still a distortion in our memories of the violence of the '60's. After condemning Obama for vaguely knowing Ayers, McCain boasted about his "close friendship" with Henry Kissinger -- and nobody noticed the dissonance.

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An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama About Abortion: From a Pro-Obama and Pro-Life Leader

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Obama Religious Right, Culture Wars, Obama Transition, Religious Right, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Yes, it's all about the economy. But no one should kid themselves: the culture wars have the potential to sap the energy from your best initiatives.

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After the (Grand Old) Party: Don't Go Home Just Yet

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Obama Election Day, Grassroots, Obama Presidency, Obama's Cabinet, Obama, Obama Transition, Executive Power, Barack Obama, Culture Wars, Pakistan, Christopher Shays, Marriage Equality, Change, Robert Gates, John Kerry, Electoral System, Gop, Community Organizing, Newt Gingrich, Domestic Spying, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Obama Priorities, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

If the crowds celebrating Obama's victory go home in 2009, his Administration will achieve disappointing results. The President-Elect will confront a variety of national and global crises.

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Premature Emancipation? A Pragmatist's View of the Gay Marriage Struggle

Gary Cohan | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawrence vs. Texas, Mormon Church, Karl Rove, Culture Wars, Ballot Initiative, Theocracy, U.S. Constitution, 2008 Election, Homosexual Rights, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, California Gay Marriage, Red States, Gay Rights, Human Rights, Ban on Gay Marriages, American History, California Supreme Court, Women and Politics, Religion and Politics, Premature Ejaculation, Separate but Equal, Separation of Church and State, Poltical Strategy, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Albert Einstein, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Church of the Latter Day Saints, Yes on Prop 8, Mormon Prop 8, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Civil rights are not won in the war zone of national elections or State referenda but, rather, in a series of small but important evolutionary steps.

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Culture of Lies

Scott Swenson | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Abortion, Jerry Falwell, John McCain, Culture Wars, Rush Limbaugh, Culture of Lies, Mccain, Obama, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Culture of Life, Phyllis Schlafly, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, James Dobson, Religious Right, Tony Perkins, Bill O'Reilly, Pat Robertson, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Will any brave and clear-sighted Republicans realize that rather than throwing McCain a lifeline in this election, far-right extremism has further isolated McCain, and the party, from mainstream Americans?

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Ideology Takes a Breather, Maybe

Jared Bernstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Culture Wars, Nationalizing Banks, Wall Street Crisis, Economy, Barack Obama, Ideology, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

If we play our cards right, some deeply embedded and highly destructive ideology may collapse just as hard as an overleveraged investment bank.

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John McCain is Channeling Nixon Now

Dave Winer | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obama, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Ayers, Culture Wars, Politics News
Dave Winer

What McCain isn't telling you, and many Americans are too young to remember, is that there were two sides to the culture war of the 60s.

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YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, iPods, Enough!

Judy Muller | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Ipod, John McCain, Culture Wars, Twitter, Economy, Media, Facebook, Barack Obama, Wall Street, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Youtube, News Cycle, Election 2008, Home News
Judy Muller

Ah, for the good old days, before we were immersed in the free-floating anxiety of the nanosecond news cycle that follow us everywhere, telling us that the sky is falling.

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Why Clay Aiken's Coming Out Matters

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 10.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Melissa Etheridge, Religion, Lance Bass, Gay, George Michael, John McCain, David Crosby, Culture, Rosie O'Donnell, Ellen Degeneres, Politics, Clay Aiken, Sarah Palin, Culture Wars, Christian Right, American Idol, Entertainment News
Andrew Belonsky

Aiken's outing is different in two notable, intrinsically entwined ways.

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Abstinence-Only Multimillionaire Funds 527 Attack on Abortion Issue

Scott Swenson | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raymond Ruddy, Culture Wars, John McCain, Abstinence Only, Sarah Palin, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Contraception, Born Alive, Barack Obama, Abstinence Education, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Social conservatives -- emboldened by the addition of Sarah Palin to the ticket -- are promoting Culture War issues to shift the focus away from the economy, housing, energy, the environment and national security.

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How to Win a Culture War

Susan Neiman | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shameless Moral Values, Religion, Culture Wars, Cynicism, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Barack Obama, Religious Values, Sarah Palin, Moral Clarity, Moral Values Democrats, John McCain, Religion in the Election, Politics News
Susan Neiman

The culture wars are not distractions from real political business: John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin may be cynical, but conservative enthusiasm for her is not.

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