Paul Weyrich

How Are ALEC Laws Undermining Our Democracy?

Marvin Meadors | Posted 04.04.2012

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Marvin Meadors

Anti-democratic legislation written by ALEC is pushed onto conservative members of state legislatures who propose them for passage verbatim, sort of reminding one of a junkie who can't quite kick the habit.

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The Christian Right In Context: Politics Over Persuasion

Richard T. Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard T. Hughes

By the 1960s, the world was out of joint again, prompting the rise of the Christian Right.

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Conservatives for Privacy, Where is the Left?

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 05.25.2011

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J. Bradley Jansen

The best way to keep us safe and free is eternal vigilance--no matter which party is in office. So, let's hold our friends on the left accountable when it's needed.

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Remembering Paul Weyrich

Max Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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Max Blumenthal

Thanks to his efforts and those of the thousands of cadres he cultivated, the Republican Party is more ideologically extreme, more disciplined and more politically marginalized than at any time since the Goldwater Era.

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Paul Weyrich Dies; Founder Of Heritage Foundation

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative icon Paul M. Weyrich, who helped found the Heritage Foundation, died Thursday morning at the age of 66. From the Heritage Foundation blo...

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"Non-Personhood" for Women: Defining Women Down

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Swenson

The "right-to-life" movement that elevates embryonic life above women's lives is more accurately termed "right-to-prenatal-life." Aside from South Dak...

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