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Watching the Bus Plunge by David Neiwert, OurFuture.org | October 15, 2007
A normal person couldn't be blamed for enjoying a certain grim satisfaction watching movement conservatives go careening over the cliff with their bizarre attempt to smear 12-year-old Graeme Frost. Sure, it's fun to watch Michelle Malkin's pants go down in flames. Who wouldn't enjoy that? read more »Puff! The magic cigarette tax by Rick Perlstein, OurFuture.org | October 15, 2007
In his indispensable book which shares the same name as this blog, Jonathan Chait writes of how the foundational Republican rhetoric on taxes and revenues resembles nothing so much as the New Testament's miracle of the loaves and fishes, with one important difference: there ain't gon read more »Conservatives and Al Gore's Nobel by Rick Perlstein, OurFuture.org | October 15, 2007
For conservatives, everything is political war. Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize, reflecting the entire world's consensus that man-made climate change is a crisis? read more »Confront The Hollow Man by David Sirota, <i>Creators Syndicate</i>, workingassetsblog.com | October 12, 2007
The conservative tax-cut mantra does not have the political power it once had. read more »The Other Blackwaters by Matt Lewis, <i>TomPaine.com</i>, | October 12, 2007
Out of the fog of war, a new understanding about government privatization is emerging. read more »Friend Of Defrauders Court by Isaiah J. Poole, OurFuture.org | October 11, 2007
If you are a Wall Street investment banker, there's new evidence that you've got the best Supreme Court money can buy. Conservative Supreme Court justices did little to hide their disdain for the need to protect the interests of investors earlier this week as they heard the case of a group of stockholders seeking to recover damages from a corporation engaged in a fraud scheme designed to illicitly pump up their stock price. read more »Winning Big Business by Paul Waldman, <i>The American Prospect</i>, prospect.org | October 10, 2007
Now is the time to convince the corporate world that Republicans aren't always good for business. read more »Academic McCarthyism by David A. Love, <i>Black Commentator</i>, news.newamericamedia.org | October 10, 2007
Conservatives lead the squelching of the First Amendment on college campuses. read more »Intimidating Kids by Bill Scher, OurFuture.org | October 9, 2007
Last month, I noted that the coordinated attack against SCHIP had failed miserably, leaving conservatives desperate. Who knew how desperate they would get? read more »Bette Davis weeps by Rick Perlstein, OurFuture.org | October 9, 2007
In creating this blog, Campaign for America's Future gave me a hammer. "See those nails sticking up all over the place?" they asked me. "That's conservative failure. Bash them down." read more »
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