During the 2008 presidential election, conservative ideologues insisted that Obama’s tenuous association with William Ayers was worthy of unending scrutiny and fantastically hysterical nightmare scenarios. Sarah Palin insisted that we know more about someone who “pals around with terrorists.” It was critical.
Now we have Michael Steele, chairman of the GOP, insisting that his recent dust-up [...]

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Over the last few days, there has been much ado about the state and future of the Republican party and the “conservative” politics it holds so dear. However, I would like to note that there is a significant difference between the classic conservative politics of people like Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley—people whose political [...]

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For all the hullabaloo the last week over how to bail out the financial markets, and amid John McCain’s “Country Clubs First” meme, and Bush’s dire warning and call to stabilize the markets before things get much worse, you’d think that today would be the day that Congress would pull together after a weekend’s worth [...]

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