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Daily Meme: Of Ferns and Bellwethers

Pity the poor political pundit. We’re eight months away from a mid-term election that will likely change nothing in the partisan political balance, the Conservative Political Action Conference and its clown car of presidential contenders has closed up shop, the do-nothing Congress persists in doing nothing-but even so, clickable content must be concocted. And so, […]

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Daily Meme: Love, Tolerance, and CPAC

For the millions of American reality-show junkies who just can’t wait for the return of 2012’s most outrageous hit show-the Republican presidential debates-this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference has offered a tantalizing sneak preview. Just about every potential 2016 cast member was in D.C.-and everybody had something to prove. For Chris Christie, excluded last year […]

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Daily Meme: Kansas Is For Haters

Back in the day, if you wanted to locate the quintessence of American intolerance and backwardness, you had to look South-the deeper South, the better. But the Alabamas and Mississippis are now looking relatively fair-minded and rational compared to the nation’s new standard-bearer of hatred and stupidity: once-moderate Kansas. This week’s lead item from the […]

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