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Weekend Political Wrap-Up, Memorial Day Edition
May 27, 2012 | 2 comments
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Refuting Compassionate Conservatism's Electoral Benefits
May 24, 2012 | 11 comments
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Re: Warren Pulls Even
May 24, 2012 | 15 comments
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Ron Paul Wins Kentucky
May 23, 2012 | 8 comments
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Gallup: Pro-Choice At Record Low
May 23, 2012 | 13 comments
The Spectacle Blog
Newsday blogger John Riley accuses the McCain campaign of sending out anti-miscegenation signals in its ad, saying that Britney Spears and Paris Hilton were chosen as top celebrities because they are "two sexually available white women." Ross Douthat pushes back against this nonsense: "For many people, comparing Obama to Tiger Woods or David Beckham or J.K. Rowling would be a compliment. Whereas the whole point of picking Britney and especially Paris Hilton is that they're figures of ridicule, famous primarily for being famous and widely derided as embarrassing airheads who only exist to feed the paparazzi machine."
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Special Feature
Better that we become a nation of choosers rather than beggars. Our symposium on choice from the May, 2012 issue:
FLASHBACK TO: 1984
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The Fairness Delusion
The speech our President should make.
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Media Smears: One Man’s Experiences
A noted economist fires back.
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Chuck Colson vs. The Fundamentalists
How political can you get?
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The Reagan Doctrine
You might have missed it, but it was boomed in January.
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The Woman Problem
Farcical feminism is a decades-old phenomenon, as George Will's essay from 1970 reminds us.
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