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They’re just a bunch of conservative hypocrites

When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The serially married politician who proclaims "family values" while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock...
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They’re just a bunch of conservative hypocrites

When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The serially married politician who proclaims "family values" while also having affairs is now a rather dreary stock...
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Where are the Republican populists?

— Members of the tea party insisted they were turning the GOP into a populist, anti-establishment bastion. Social conservatives have long argued that values and morals matter more than money....
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Where are the Republican populists?

— Members of the tea party insisted they were turning the GOP into a populist, anti-establishment bastion. Social conservatives have long argued that values and morals matter more than money....
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Obama: Can a messiah win twice?

WASHINGTON — Four years ago this week, a young and inspirational senator who promised to turn history's page swept the Iowa caucuses and began his irresistible rise to the White...
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Obama: Can a messiah win twice?

WASHINGTON — Four years ago this week, a young and inspirational senator who promised to turn history's page swept the Iowa caucuses and began his irresistible rise to the White...
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Newt Gingrich’s return is rift for GOP, its base

It is one of the true delights of a bizarrely entertaining Republican presidential contest to watch the apoplectic fear and loathing of so many GOP establishmentarians toward Newt Gingrich. They...
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Obama embraces democratic realism abroad

It was gratifying to hear a despotic leader blame the United States for the rise of a democratic protest movement against his regime. Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, wants...
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Obama embraces democratic realism abroad

It was gratifying to hear a despotic leader blame the United States for the rise of a democratic protest movement against his regime. Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, wants...