GOP insider: Religion destroyed my party By Mike Lofgren, Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 11:00 AM CDT This article is an excerpt from the book “The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless and the Middle Class Got Shafted,” available from Viking. Having observed politics up close and personal for most …
Category: Culture
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Aug 05 2012
An Anglo-Saxon heritage
Mitt Romney’s “culture” war By Erik Nielson, Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 07:00 AM CDT In his latest overseas gaffe, Mitt Romney pontificated on the economic disparities between Israelis and Palestinians. Ignoring Israel’s role in perpetuating these differences, Romney instead offered a clear and simple explanation: “Culture makes all the difference.” These remarks, as well …
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Aug 04 2012
Born through the loins of Ephraim
Mitt Romney: Son of Abraham? By Valerie Tarico, Saturday, Aug 4, 2012 08:01 AM CDT While in Jerusalem Mitt Romney made an appearance at the Wailing Wall in a yarmulke. Was he just trying to pay tribute to Orthodox tradition or does he think he’s a Jew? Perhaps both. Conservative Christianity teaches “supersessionism,” the …
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Aug 04 2012
Not the god for me
Church, like therapy, is a space where you are allowed to bring your distress By Giles Fraser, Friday 3 August 2012 16.00 EDT The worst time of day is just before you go to bed. It’s when you feel the day has been for nothing. The purpose of time has been simply to survive …
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Aug 03 2012
She’s too valuable
Bachmann cashes in on witch hunt By Alex Seitz-Wald, Wednesday, Aug 1, 2012 10:58 AM CDT She may have been condemned by her own party leadership and lost any shred of credibility she had left with the mainstream media, but Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Muslim witch hunt accomplished it’s likely goal — money. The controversial …
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Aug 03 2012
Think
Sometimes the price of success is just too high By Christina Patterson, Wednesday 01 August 2012 She’s fast. Ye Shiwen, the 16-year-old Chinese girl who seems to be causing quite a fuss, is very, very, very, very fast. She’s so fast that she managed to swim 400 metres on Saturday, winning a gold medal, …
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Aug 03 2012
The allure of forbidden fruit
Washington’s press is the cabin boy of the political class – do quote me on that By Bob Garfield, Friday 3 August 2012 09.30 EDT The weather here in Washington this week was hot and humid. That’s on background, of course. Do not quote me. You can use the information only if you attribute …
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