The Right

Lords of the New Church

Steven Weber | Posted 05.25.2011

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What the right has figured out is they can literally rewrite reality as it fits their newly effectuated agenda. And the rest of us can only gaze in stupefaction as they outstrip all that has defined civic discourse for millennia.

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The Chasm Between the Right and the Rest

Miles Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Right rejects all efforts by the center and left, Obama, European leaders or the United Nations, and ecumenical religious leader, to calm the storm and to appeal to Islamic moderates and isolate Islamists.

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Newsmax Jesus Cover: Conservative Magazine Asks 'Will He Ever Return?'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Correction: Newsmax's cover story "The Jesus Question" is from April 2009. The editors of Newsmax might be getting a little impatient for the second...

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Why I am a Leftist and Why I Don't Support Obama's Foreign Policy

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

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I call myself leftist not only because I endorse principles of change, but because I think America deserves smarter politicians running its foreign policy than the ones in charge of it now.

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Why the Right Hates Democracy

D. Brad Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the United States, our democracy works through a representative process. That is, we elect individuals to represent us in the legislature and we ho...

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The New Right's Secret Sauce

Zack Exley | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New Right is succeeding because it has a comprehensive worldview. The worldview is more than a set of policies, it's a complete way of thinking about human nature, history, our present circumstances and the future.

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A Look Back at History...

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1929, the bottom fell out of the German economy after the New York stock market crash. In four years, unemployment leapt from 6.3% to 30%. No German family was spared.

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Truths for 2010 No One in Politics or Mainstream Media Will Tell You

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do you agree that our political leadership -- across the board -- and our talking heads -- Left and Right, let alone the mainstream media -- are mostly too jaded and/or cowardly to actually speak truth?

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Why the Left Fails

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Left loses key battles because most Americans don't understand the very basics of American democracy--especially that we do not have a parliament.

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The Left Is Also Obama's Problem

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The right is irredeemably sick. The left is just silly. Together the silly and the sick may just do us in.

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Can Progressives Grow Up? (President Obama Needs the Left to Change Its Ways)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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First President Obama wasn't "black enough" for the black left. Then he was "too centrist" in his appointments for the white left. Then he wasn't gay friendly enough. Now he is President.

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Far Right Inaugurates Palin as "Their President"

Darin Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an unprecedented moment in history, Governor Sarah Palin was sworn in today by the far right wing of the Republican Party as the first female President of The Real America.

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Let The Chips Fall -- Beyond Predictable Left/Right Ideology

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before you get your panties all bunched up and send me "how-can-you-say-that?" emails please note: the lists below are not lists of statements I nece...

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Ann Coulter Still Yapping

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coulter's solution to Republican problems is for it to become even more extreme than it already is. It's a recipe for disaster (and hopefully one that the Republicans decide to try).

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The Fringe Right Bubble is Bursting

Caroline Presno | Posted 05.25.2011

Now we have Republicans, Democrats, and Independents walking away from and speaking out against extreme rhetoric and deeds. The country is ready for an Obama administration.

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I'm Not a Liberal

Dave Winer | Posted 05.25.2011

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I think people who say Obama is liberal haven't bothered to find out anything about him. It's my conservative side that's voting for him.

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McCain: Whiner In Chief (the Angry Penguin Must Win!)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Presidential contests are all about comparisons. What is different this year is that there has been a total role reversal -- the new candidate looks seasoned and the old hand looks inexperienced.

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