At the Supreme Court yesterday, the justices struggled to disentangle two radically different universes.
Conservatism
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The Super-Sexy Case Against Gay Marriage
When I get that feelin’, I need Supreme Court amicus briefs.
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Take That, Political Science!
The Senate has voted to defund research for political science. The implications for other sciences are scary.
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Why the Republicans Should Go Ahead and Have Their Civil War
This is the perfect time to do it.
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Banks Are Too Big to Fail Say … Conservatives?
Intellectuals on the right are coming around to the idea that our biggest financial institutions could use a little regulation.
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Stuck With Each Other
The religious right can’t get away from the GOP, and the GOP can’t get away from the religious right.
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The Boehner Rule
The House Speaker abandons the Hastert Rule—when circumstances require it—to use his own ingenious legislative scheme.
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The Dubya Albatross
Why Republicans can never distance themselves from President Bush.
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Fake Prostitutes, Fake Terrorists, and the Trouble with Conservative Media
Does the belief that your opponents are corrupt to their very core make actual journalism impossible?
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Show Me the Policy!
If the GOP wants to solve its identity crisis, it needs a healthy internal debate about what substantive issues it supports.
