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The Big Idea
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The Tea Party and the Tucson Tragedy
How anti-government, pro-gun, xenophobic populism made the Giffords shooting more likely.
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Spurning Sperling
It makes no sense to blacklist Obama adviser Gene Sperling because he worked for Goldman Sachs.
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Faking Right
How the Republican Congress will abandon Tea Party ideas and legislate toward the center.
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Elitist Nonsense
The right's favorite scare word is "elitism." What does it mean?
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Obama's Moral Cowardice
The president refuses to stand up for immigration, gay rights, and religious freedom.
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A Grand Unified Theory of Palinisms
Why Sarah Palin says all those stupid and ridiculous things.
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Showdown at the GOP Corral
Western conservatives and Southern conservatives battle for the soul of the Republican Party.
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Down With the People
Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis.
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Only Connect!
How Obama's cool, detached temperament is hurting him and his party.
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What Caused the Economic Crisis?
The 15 best explanations for the Great Recession.
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Obama's Brilliant First Year
By January, he will have accomplished more than any first-year president since Franklin Roosevelt.
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The End of Prohibition
Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.
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Ignore Fox
Obama's right. It's time to stop taking the network's skewed news seriously.
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Neo-Neo-Cons
Irving Kristol saved the right from intellectual bankruptcy in the '60s. Who will save it now?
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First They Came for the Marlboros
The hazards of Michael Bloomberg's paternalist utopia.
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