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Taking On the Radio Goliaths

By Tom Sullivan
May 11th, 2008

Campaign for America’s Future urges readers to “reclaim the power of broadcasting from the politicians, corporations and mainstream media” by forwarding articles from the site. Great idea. Let’s take it a step further.

Liberals and progressives are tired of politics as usual? Here’s a proposal that is anything but. more »

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George Will Reviews "Nixonland": Quick Thoughts

By Rick Perlstein
May 11th, 2008

1) Will says the most important thing to know is that I'm a condescending liberal. For me the fascinating thing is that I think I'm a better critic of liberal condescension in the 1960s and '70s than he is. more »

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Parting thought

By Rick Perlstein
May 10th, 2008

I hereby decree PERLSTEIN'S LAW:

In an online argument, the badder a wingnut gets his butt beat, the more likely they are to excoriate the butt-beater for using bad words.

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Reclaiming Mother's Day

By Sara Robinson
May 10th, 2008

Progressives have always loved holidays, which may be why we've created so many of them. There are Saturdays, of course, brought to us with no small help from the early 20th century unions. And May Day. And Labor Day.

And Mother's Day, which started out as the first and perhaps greatest progressive holiday of all. more »

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NIXONLAND News

By Rick Perlstein
May 9th, 2008

This weekend I leave for a two week tour to promote my new book, the product of seven years' labor. I'll be blogging here sporadically if at all. more »

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Newt Gingrich to GOP: Wake Up or Perish

By Katrina Vanden Heuvel
From thenation.com
May 9th, 2008
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thenation.com — It's hard to agree with Newt Gingrich—he's a predator who proffered Americans a raw deal which, to this day, afflicts our politics. But he's right: These are potentially tectonic-shifting times.

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George Soros on the Reagan "Super Bubble"

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Produced by TheStreet.Com
May 9th, 2008

Periodically wisdom breaks through the noise that passes for analysis on Wall Street. Here is George Soros on TheStreet.com making sense: the financial crisis we are suffering now can be traced directly back to Ronald Reagan and the failed conservatism that he peddled.

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Complacent Conservatism

By Terrance Heath
May 9th, 2008

A new study says conservatives are generally happier than liberals. Being happy is a cinch, if you can rationalize not caring much about injustice and inequality. more »

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Blast from the Past: That Sinking Feeling

By Rick Perlstein
May 8th, 2008

Longtime fans of this blog who recall my epic 67-part series on sinkholes and their relation to conservative failure may wonder why I haven't yet weighed in on the 600-foot gargantua that has been opening up in more »

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These are Our Debating Partners

By Rick Perlstein
May 8th, 2008

I'll be writing more in weeks to come on the conservative response to my book. more »

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