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“Whites Will Abandon The GOP”: Having Alienated Every Racial And Ethnic...
As you are certainly aware, the new consensus among most Republicans and conservatives is that they don’t need no stinking Latinos (don’t get huffy on me; this is OK, because it’s a clever movie...
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“Doomed To Fail”: When Tea Partiers Try To Show Their “Diversity”
Judging from the matching red t-shirts, bottled water, snack stands, and cover band playing a passable version of Marvin Gaye’s classic, “What’s Going On?”, you wouldn’t be wrong to assume there was a...
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“A Corporate Honeypot”: Look Out, Here Comes The New Border-Industrial Complex
“Good fences make good neighbors,” goes the old adage. That civilizing thought refers to such friendly structures as the beautiful rock walls of New England, elegant split rails in the South, iconic...
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“Tax-Exempt Hatred”: The IRS Should Strictly Police Hate Groups Seeking...
A few weeks ago, Forbes magazine published an intriguing column by Peter J. Reilly that asked an important question: If the Southern Poverty Law Center calls the Family Research Council a hate group,...
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“There’s Nothing New About The New Racism”: It Is What This Country Was Built On
Let’s be clear, there’s nothing “new” about “the new racism,” the term Suketu Mehta uses to characterize the arguments of Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld in reviewing their new book, “The Triple Package.”...
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“Where Have Ebola’s Fear-Mongers All Gone?”: The One Word You Haven’t Heard A...
Only two months ago, many Americans were gripped by fear of the uncontrollable spread of an apparently incurable disease that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projected could strike 1.4...
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“A Triumph Of American Culture Welcoming Immigrants”: Why Republican...
One frequent criticism conservatives make of Barack Obama when it comes to terrorism is that he doesn’t “understand” the threats we face. This supposed lack of understanding, they say, is what leads...
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“The Company You Keep”: Bobby Jindal Wants To Fistfight Your God
“Our God wins!” Who do you think made this statement on Saturday in the hopes of rallying a group of religious fundamentalists? A. The leader of ISIS; B. A Yemeni militant commander; C. A radical...
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“A Long History Of Pleasing Conservatives”: Meet Conservatives’ New Favorite...
Few outside of a tiny Texas border town knew who Federal District Court Judge Andrew Hanen was until Monday night when he became a right-wing hero. But this isn’t the first rodeo the judge who delayed...
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“A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card”: Boehner Offered Free Pass Out Of Shutdown...
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s Monday night ruling temporarily blocking President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program provided a political...
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“The Myth Of Voter Fraud”: Persists Because It Is A Racialized Weapon In A...
When there has been election fraud in American elections, it has usually been committed by politicians, party operatives and election officials who have something at stake in electoral outcomes. Voters...
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“Potential Usefulness As A New Rhetorical Framework”: The Republican Party Is...
The Republican party has had well-documented difficulty making inroads with minority voters since the 2012 election. It’s probably more accurate to say that since the 2012 election Republicans have...
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“Trump Proves GOP Proclamations Of Mortal Affront Untrue”: He’s Only...
In 2006, then-Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce advocated the return of a 1954 program for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. It was called “Operation Wetback.” In 2010, Sen. David...
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“21 Questions For Donald Trump”: Voters Would Learn A Lot About Trump If They...
I have covered Donald Trump off and on for 27 years — including breaking the story that in 1990, when he claimed to be worth $3 billion but could not pay interest on loans coming due, his bankers put...
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“How Do You Solve A Problem Like Donald Trump?”: All Media Is Political,...
As Donald Trump has implausibly moved into a tie for first place in the GOP primary, there has been much discussion in media circles about how to treat his candidacy. Most media organizations...
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“The GOP Finally Finds The Courage To Attack Donald Trump”: You Can’t Shame...
The GOP may finally have found the means to rid itself of that meddlesome real estate tycoon. And it’s fitting—and really, should have been predictable—that what is uniting Republicans against Donald...
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“GOP’s Epic Trainwreck”: Jeb Bush Flails And Donald Trump Ascends As The...
The news keeps getting worse for the Republican Party. Despite its “deep bench” for 2016, Donald Trump continues to dominate in early polling. Yes, that word “early” is important, but this is getting...
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“The Unbearable Nuttiness Of Mike Huckabee”: A Hard-Shell Baptist Ordained...
“Playing the Hitler card” is an infallible sign that a politician has run out of intelligent, substantive and plausible ways to criticize an opponent. This would be amusing (Mel Brooks made Hitler...
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“This Promises To Be Fun”: Christmas Comes Early This Year — The Gift Of A...
I feel like a kid the week before Christmas. There’s just one present under the tree, but it’s all a columnist could ever hope for: the first Republican debate! How could Thursday night in Cleveland...
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“Our Collective American Blind Spot”: To Teach Only ‘American Exceptionalism’...
In late July, the College Board, the administrators of the SAT and Advanced Placement exams, issued new guidelines for teaching AP United States history. One change was to add a section on “American...
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