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The Lost Party
The strangest primary season in memory reveals a GOP that’s tearing itself apart.

On a biting, brittle mid-February morning 30 miles north of Detroit, Rick Santorum plants his flag in a patch of turf as politically fertile as exists in these United States. For three decades, Macomb County, Michigan, has been both a ( Read more... )

I guess it happened when he started working for Slate:

90% Of Life Is Just Showing Up, And The 99% Don'tIt may seem obvious that the disproportionate political influence of the top one percent of the income distribution comes from their ability to bribe politicians with campaign contributions, but it's worth noting that the economic elite are ( Read more... )

By David Wasserman, Published: December 9

The same day, 26 miles closer to Washington, an attendant herds four Toyota Priuses and eight German luxury cars around a parking lot at Clarendon’s Whole Foods, the nerve center of a posh neighborhood that has spawned three boutique cupcakeries and two frozen-yogurt shops in the past two years. Inside, a ( Read more... )

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OTTAWA - The Conservatives have confirmed they are behind a rash of phone calls to Liberal MP Irwin Cotler’s Montreal-riding over the past couple of weeks in which constituents allegedly were told of Cotler’s resignation and a pending byelection.

But while the party says it was not breaking any rules, political analysts say the tactic crosses a line ( Read more... )

Lee C. Camp

Professor of Theology and Ethics, LIpscomb University

Moving Beyond 'Clash of Civilizations' Hank Williams, Jr.'s public comparison of Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler has been all the news ( Read more... )

Democrats and Republicans' Favorite Movies


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Why White Liberals Are Abandoning Obama
Melissa Harris-Perry | September 21, 2011

Electoral racism in its most naked, egregious and aggressive form is the unwillingness of white Americans to vote for a black candidate regardless of the candidate’s qualifications, ideology or party. This form of racism was a standard feature of American politics for ( Read more... )

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Rats, I knew this was too good to be true: Rory Weal strides into conference with his wonderful orating style, making Primark look like a million dollars and politics look worthwhile, as young as a young William Hague but never as pompous, with a closing line that makes me want to be a member of the Labour party again for the first time since I ( Read more... )