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Liberals and Conservatives

Just Listen -- It's Not About Liberal vs. Conservative

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

The real problem is those from both sides of the political spectrum who are filled with rhetoric -- full of sound and fury, signifying nothing -- who rarely take action.

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To This Partisan Irish Catholic, More Change We Can Believe In

Mary Lyon | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Mary Lyon

I've learned over the past several decades to be relentlessly and sometimes ruthlessly partisan. However, watching Ted Kennedy's tribute-cum-wake at the JFK Library, I found myself changing.

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Judge Sotomayor: A Great Judge, A Strict Constructionist

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.03.2009 | Home

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Lanny Davis

If there were a "one-innocent-gaffe rule" that disqualified people from holding public office in Washington, there would probably be no one left in Washington holding public office.

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Why Americans Should be Following Canadian Politics Right Now

Michael Garrity | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

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Michael Garrity

Canadian politics over the last several weeks has been hands-down the best drama on television. It is also in a state of crisis and in urgent need of the type of political renewal the U.S. is going through.

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Holding the New Democratic Majority Together -- Part 2

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Sheri and Allan Rivlin

The vast majority of Americans is weary of ideological bickering and interested only in backing leaders who can do something about their problems.

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Holding the New Democratic Majority Together

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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Sheri and Allan Rivlin

With Daniel Berrier of Electopundit Part 1: Reading the Election Barack Hussein Obama, the newly elected 44th President of the United States is almo...

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Hope Hurts

David Weinberger | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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David Weinberger

The hope Obama offers is that we can get past the knee-jerk positions that are used to test the loyalty of the faithful.

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Liberal Principles II: People Are Political Animals

Linda Hirshman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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Linda Hirshman

Like the centrism that fueled the Clinton years, minimalism is a philosophy for losers. Democrats were sure losers in those years, so they were probably well-served by a philosophy for losers.

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Liberal Principles

Linda Hirshman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Linda Hirshman

Liberals have a path out of Egypt. But if our principles are still unbaked or minimalized, it will be another long trip. As the warthog said in The Lion King, "Put your behind in the past."

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