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How to Honor Rush Limbaugh on International Women’s Day (Video)
As of this writing, 49 sponsors have pulled out of the Rush Limbaugh show after his repeated demeaning remarks about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke. But of course, …
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A Brief History of the Education Culture Wars: On Santorum’s Legacy, the GOP and School Reform
Rick Santorum speaking at a rally in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Judging by the applause lines at GOP campaign stops and debates this winter, …
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Are the War Hawks Watching? In Lauded Iranian Film, Self-Interest Yields Tragedy
(Image: FilmIran / Sony Pictures Classics / Memento Films) It's hard not to view the Oscar for Best Foreign Film awarded to Iran's “A Separation” as at …
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Rush Limbaugh
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America’s Image Problem
The United States definitely sends mixed messages to the Muslim world. Early in his presidency, Barack Obama went to Cairo to “seek a new beginning between the United States …
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As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat
My father was a Republican for the first 78 years of his life. For the last twenty, he’s been a Democrat (he just celebrated his 98th.) What happened? “They …
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In Iraq, Occupation by Another Name
Two recent reports appearing on the same day last week in The New York Times and The Washington Post illustrate U.S. intentions in Iraq. What they reveal is that …
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Islamophobic Contest
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Sex Talk with Rick Santorum
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The Real Fraud Behind Photo ID
Photo ID supporters routinely cry “fraud” as the reason for supporting new restrictions on access to the ballot. But the real fraud is in the repeated use of inaccurate, …