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Pat Moynihan's Letters Illuminate an Extraordinary Life

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Sigman

Daniel Patrick Moynihan's career combined the intellectual, the moral and the political in a wholly original way that would be unimaginable for a significant contemporary politician.

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The "Mad" Party -- When the Base Goes Beserk

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Green

With six weeks to go before the mid-term elections and 110 before the next presidential one, those who don't think we should go back to the '50s -- the 1850s or 1950s -- can get off the couch to do six things.

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Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream (Austin, Texas: PearlGate Publishing 2008) 192 pp.

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Wurzelbacher's deep understanding of the intellectual umbilical cords of modern conservatism is why Mike Gallagher and Sean Hannity have offered their high praise of his work.

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Silence is Golden, Unless You're Chris Matthews

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

If you're a political talker, there is one media venue where you will never hear the sound of silence -- MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews.

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Buckley Family Fights Over Trust Fund

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Six children of the sister of the late conservative columnist William F. Buckley are accusing their father of stealing money f...

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Pat Buchanan, William F. Buckley Jr., and Right-Wing Anti-Semitism

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ariel Gonzalez

World conquest was a pipe dream for Hitler, but Buchanan's whitewashing is an unconscionable distortion of the truth. Why did Hitler invade Poland? Easy. Because it was there.

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Change, Not a Restoration: The Death of Conservatism and Rebirth of Reform

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

The lies and the screaming that captured the health care discussion in August have a lot of Republicans thinking they've got the Democrats right where they want 'em. They are wrong.

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William F. Buckley Left Illegitimate Grandson Out Of His Will: "I Intentionally Make No Provisions For Said Jonathan, Who...Shall Be Deemed To Have Predeceased Me"

New York Post | Dareh Gregorian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before he died, William F. Buckley Jr. put his young grandson on the firing line. The intellectual conservative icon - renowned for his erudition an...

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William F. Buckley Dead At 82

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he obse...

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