In a new book, Chicago historian and Nation writer Rick Perlstein continues to chart America’s rightward shift.
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History lesson
Condoleeza Rice and Orval Faubus, a match made in history if not in heaven.
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Gender benders
Opposing the Iraq fiasco isn’t defeatism, it’s “very aggressive” — a right-wing spokesperson says so.
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The ongoing autopsy of conservatism after W
Who are honest conservatives? Brad DeLong names names.
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The conservative crackup
Conservatives are running out of places to hide from their deeds.
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Change rules
On many social issues, today’s Republicans are more liberal than the average Democrat was 20 years ago.
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Crazy talk
Dick Cheney really is nuts–and historian Richard Hofstadter nailed him back in 1964.
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Big-government libertarianism?
Reagan and Gingrich were no libertarians. If they had been, they would have wound up where Barry Goldwater did.
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The roots of decline and fall?
Islam turned away from science-based thinking in the 1100s. Don’t think it couldn’t happen here tomorrow.
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Strange bedfellows?
When it comes to women bashing there’s no clash of civilizations.
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The S.S. Roeser goes down with all flags flying
A conservative curmudgeon gets conned.
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Department of people too nice for their own good
Leading conservatives are no longer reasonable people with non-liberal opinions.
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The liberal bubble
Deepak Chopra gets genetics wrong, and why liberal arts colleges make for more muscular conservatives.
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The conservative crack-up
Big business and common sense take on political fundamentalism.