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Conservatives worry about McCain backslide on immigration
Obama's not the only presidential candidate with "base issues" this week. Conservatives are getty antsy about McCain's renewed talk of comprehensive immigration reform.
A GOP plan for reclaiming the burbs
Two young conservatives famous for arguing that Republicans must consolidate their appeal to "Sam's Club" voters now offer a prescription for winning the Starbucks crowd.
Wielding the conservative veto pen
National Review's John J. Miller strikes four possibilities from McCain's potential veep list as ideologically unsound.
Jesus loves you -- and your orgasm
The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
The bitter legacy of Jesse Helms
There's a reason why so many Americans can't feel charitable about the passing of the virulent warrior of the Right.
McCain's scary economic advisor
Not only is former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm a shill for special interests, his deregulation policies helped spur the mortgage crisis, among other financial disasters.
Duking it out to be London's head honcho
Two eccentrics are competing for the London mayor's office. But does either man really want the job?
McCain's lack of candor on reproductive rights
On issues like abortion and sex education, the candidate is neither as moderate nor as principled as some might think.
Requiem for a right-wing dream
Mitt Romney preached about a degraded America -- then quit the '08 race. Now hardcore conservatives have to cozy up to John McCain.
Why McCain provokes paranoia on the right
Not only does the Arizona senator mock conservative orthodoxy, but, even worse, his pro-immigration think tank took money from George Soros and other frightening liberals.
Betrayed by John McCain
Republican hard-liners have a potent hatred for their front-runner. But soon he may be sitting prettier -- with a win by Hillary Clinton.
Conservative crackup over McCain continues
Some on the right are simply unprepared to accept him as the Republican presidential nominee; a few would even cross the aisle in November over it.
McCain wins, and conservative heads explode
A survey of right-wing bloggers' reactions to McCain's victory in the Florida GOP primary.
I'm a doubting teenager
My experience contradicts what I have been taught. I feel guilty and alone.
"We're all fascists now"
An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring.
Our new friend is a racist -- should we dump him?
My husband and he have so much in common -- but his beliefs are pernicious and wrong!
How Bush wrecked conservatism
The American right has embraced Bush's catastrophic war in the name of "moral clarity." But where is it written that conservatives have to be stupid?
Good times for liberals
GOP ascendancy is over, says Paul Krugman. It's time for progressives to seize the day and turn back economic inequality.
Right-wing bullies pick on children
The wingnuts are savaging 12-year-old Graeme Frost and his family because they don't think he should get healthcare through SCHIP.
Will Congress denounce Rush Limbaugh?
He calls Chuck Hagel "Senator Betray Us" and denounced antiwar Iraq vets as "phony soldiers," but don't hold your breath waiting for a Senate vote to condemn him.
Take it from me. Reform feels good
If I can give up bottled water, then it's time for conservatives to face up to the disaster they visited on this country with the election of Bush.
Jesus is my dorm advisor
Patrick Henry College grooms fundamentalist kids to be America's future leaders. A new book looks at how these elite students cope with the pressure to bridge secular and religious worlds.
Sex ed suppressed in India
The federal government pushes for sex ed while conservatives oppose it.
Hot, homophobic pseudoscience
It'll soon overtake the surgeon general's office if Bush has his way.
Hairy-legged feminists storm the U.N.!
Conservative columnists warn of the dangers of the 51st Commission on the Status of Women.
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