Despite what some believe, liberals are no more likely than conservatives to believe in a link between childhood vaccines and autism.
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Campaigns and the Human Condition
“Mitt” reminds us that seeing a candidate’s “true” self is impossible, no matter who he is.
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Investing in Stock Buybacks, Not People
U.S. corporations want to sit on their cash. If they won’t use it, why can’t we?
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Now It’s Time to Talk About Chicago’s Tale of Two Cities
Rahm Emanuel’s economic politics put him at the far right wing of the Democratic Party and out of step with the current breed of populist big-city leadership.
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Daily Meme: Music for Marriage Equality
Last night’s 56th Annual Grammy Awards featured Queen Latifah, deputized by Los Angeles County, performing 34 marriages that included both straight and gay couples as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s “Same Love” played. With its full-throated endorsement of same-sex marriage, the song became an anthem of the marriage-equality movement last year. The ratings rundown? 28.5 million […]
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Daily Meme: Fresh New Fodder for Smug Liberal Superiority
As we put-down, put-upon, lovable-losing liberals have been learning for decades now, if you can’t win-even in your own party-at least you can revel in reminders of your moral and intellectual superiority. Republicans, bless their hearts, are ever more happy to oblige. On Thursday, as you may have heard, governor-turned-Fox News guitar hero Mike Huckabee, […]
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Once Again, Conservative Media Treat Their Audience Like Idiots
Is any conspiracy theory too ridiculous to be foisted on Fox viewers and conservative talk radio listeners? Apparently not.
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Why Republicans Keep Calling Women Sluts
They just can’t help themselves, and here’s why.
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Federal Board Finds NSA Program Illegal and Unjustified
And it remains far from clear that collecting metadata is a better means of protecting national security than searches based on individual suspicion.
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Daily Meme: Everything’s Coming up Marijuana
This “evolution” is, of course, accompanied by a significant shift in public opinion. National polls show that, for the first time in decades, majorities of Americans support legal marijuana. And it’s not just blue states: Surveys from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah all show that residents want some form of pot to […]
