Rebuke for GOP Attack
MSNBC
When Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann called Barack Obama and his supporters 'anti-American,' The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel fought back.
2008
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Lords of Misrule
Jefferson Decker : Non-Fiction
On the campaign trail, they're culture warriors; once in office, conservatives just follow the money.
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Q&A With Thomas Frank
Christopher Hayes : Public Figures & Intellectuals
The central thesis of Thomas Frank's new book, The Wrecking Crew, is that the kind of obscene depravity witnessed at the Department. of Interior is the natural result of the conservative philosophy of governance.
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Jesse Helms, American Bigot
Lisa Duggan : Racism & Discrimination
In death it's easy to dismiss Jesse Helms as a colorful buffoon or a relic of the bad old days of segregation and sexism, but that doesn't do his bigotry justice.
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Out of Place
Corey Robin
How conservatives have turned a sense of exclusion into a powerful philosophy of self-styled truancy.
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Who Are They Calling Elitist?
Eric Alterman : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
Why do conservatives continue to feel oppressed by the "liberal elite"?
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The Spitzer Sting
Alexander Cockburn : Sex & Sexuality
Was there a medium-sized right-wing conspiracy to nail Eliot Spitzer?
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Squire Willie
Robert Sherrill : Journalists & Journalism
Surveying the life and accomplishments of the "late" William F. Buckley Jr.
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Who Would Jesus Vote For?
Bob Moser : Religion
The new evangelicals are rejecting the religious right and embracing a broader social gospel.
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Hedges Vs. Hitchens
Chris Hedges & VideoNation : Religious Fundamentalism
The so-called "new atheists" may be as extreme as Christian fundamentalists, if not more.
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Conservative Cannibalism
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
Dumb and dumber: reviewing new books by David Frum and Jonah Goldberg.
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Wanted: More White Babies
Kathryn Joyce & VideoNation : Feminism & Women
A look at a cynical Christian Conservative effort to export the U.S. culture wars.
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'Love Me, I'm a Liberal'
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
Thanks to a cowed media, scaremongering is the only remaining area of conservative competence.
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The Huckabee Factor
Sarah Posner : Presidential Election 2008
With talk of a possible VP slot and a dedicated core of supporters, the former Arkansas governor's popularity shows the Christian right's not done yet.
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Return of the Swift Boaters
Christopher Hayes : Presidential Election 2008
As conservatives stare into an electoral abyss, the shadowy group that smeared John Kerry in 2004 has reorganized and stands poised to do its dirty work again.
2007
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A Hoax Exposed at Princeton
Max Blumenthal : Higher Education
When a strait-laced Princeton student claimed he was attacked by liberal thugs, the conservative establishment rallied around him--until it turned out to be a lie.
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Deal Breakers
Kim Phillips-Fein : Economic Policy
Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.
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Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
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Cracking the Code
Thom Hartmann : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left
How can the left be as adept as the right-wing spin machine at communicating its political agenda? Learn how to use the tools.
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David Horowitz, Feminist?
Katha Pollitt : Feminism & Women
The oppression of Muslim women is a major theme among the Islamofascistly aware. If only they felt the same about other women on earth.
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Bobby Jindal: Not Much to Celebrate
Some herald the election of an Indian-American Republican governor as a milestone, but the poor and black citizens of Louisiana aren't among them.
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The Liberal Hawks' Lament
Eric Alterman : Media Analysis
Consider the plight of the embattled liberal hawks and their lonely struggle to discredit the left.
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A Values Voters Schism
Sarah Posner : Presidential Election 2008
The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of the GOP.
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The Coming 'Stab in the Back' Campaign
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Bush and the neocons are trying to save their crumbling reputations by blaming critics of the war for the debacle.
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Fred Thompson, Neocon
David Corn : Presidential Election 2008
He has a strong claim on the neoconservative heart, and if he ends up in the White House, the moribund neocons will rise again.
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