http://dir.salon.com/topics/right_wing/?source=rss&aim=right_wing en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Salon staff Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/08/obama_myths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/08/obama_myths/index.html?source=rss The post-inauguration edition of odd things conservatives believe about Obama. Teleprompters! Hitler Youth! Satan! By Garrison Keillor Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/14/nobel_peace_prize/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/10/14/nobel_peace_prize/index.html?source=rss Praying the country will slip into chaos, to make Obama look bad, is not a good place for a political party to be By Joan Walsh Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/04/22/kristol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/04/22/kristol/index.html?source=rss The man most famous for being wrong about everything -- especially Iraq -- gets $250,000, proving there will always be welfare and affirmative action for sons of conservatism By Gary Kamiya Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/04/07/richard_poplowski/index.html?source=rss Cop killer Richard Poplawski is an extremist. But amid the deafening din of the right wing's anti-government rhetoric, how extreme is he? By Gary Kamiya Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/24/rick_santelli/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/24/rick_santelli/index.html?source=rss The GOP is whipping up resentment of Obama and "loafers" who defaulted on home loans. But it crashed the biggest welfare Cadillac in history. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/28/gop_shipwreck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/10/28/gop_shipwreck/index.html?source=rss The mighty right-wing Titanic is sinking, and McCain is desperately blaming Bush. But the problem isn't the captain -- it's the ship. By Gabriel Winant Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/07/mccain_council/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/07/mccain_council/index.html?source=rss In the 1980s, the Republican presidential nominee sat on the board of a group that was involved in Iran-Contra and had ties to neo-Nazis. By Joe Conason Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/11/mccain_abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/04/11/mccain_abortion/index.html?source=rss On issues like abortion and sex education, the candidate is neither as moderate nor as principled as some might think. By Joe Conason Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/02/07/mccain_conservatives/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/02/07/mccain_conservatives/index.html?source=rss 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. By Michael Scherer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/22/pork/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/22/pork/index.html?source=rss Right-wing activists have blasted the GOP Congress' pork barrel spending. It'd be easier to take them seriously if so many of their leaders weren't in the bacon business themselves. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/13/kinky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/13/kinky/index.html?source=rss A peek into the sex lives of moralistic right-wing blowhards, part 934: Horsley gets horsey, Hager is horrible! By John Gorenfeld Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/index.html?source=rss David Horowitz has a new project calculated to give the left apoplexy: A Web site that proclaims insidious links between latte liberals and murderous Islamists. By Matthew Dallek Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/30/right/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/30/right/index.html?source=rss Lacking Reagan's pragmatic streak, the president may find it impossible to unite a party deeply divided on social, foreign policy and budget issues. By Robert Schlesinger Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/13/coburn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/13/coburn/index.html?source=rss The future of GOP control of the Senate depends on Oklahoma Republican candidate Tom Coburn, a former doctor who has covered up a scandal from his past until now. By Joe Conason Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/02/10/kerry_smear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/02/10/kerry_smear/index.html?source=rss As Bush's military record comes under harsh scrutiny, the same smear campaign used against John McCain in 2000 is being rolled out against John Kerry. By Mark Follman Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/17/right9_17/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/09/17/right9_17/index.html?source=rss O'Reilly helps Bush explain the Arab street, and the Spectator's Mark Steyn insists bin Laden is dead. Plus: Buchanan says Gray Davis' recall strategy will cause traffic fatalities to skyrocket. By Michelle Goldberg Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/18/wine_boycott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/03/18/wine_boycott/index.html?source=rss A would-be boycott of French vintners is not likely to change drinking habits in the red or blue states. By Brendan Nyhan Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/col/spinsanity/2002/09/05/nea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/col/spinsanity/2002/09/05/nea/index.html?source=rss How the conservative Washington Times helped create a myth about the teachers' union and Sept. 11 that has become conventional wisdom. By Eric Boehlert Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/11/09/censorship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/11/09/censorship/index.html?source=rss Before Sept. 11, right-wingers denounced politically correct "censorship." Now they're applauding the muzzling of left-wing war critics. By David Talbot Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/04/bushgore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/04/bushgore/index.html?source=rss Suddenly, the once-macho Bush White House is feeling everybody's pain. By John Marks Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/07/austria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/07/austria/index.html?source=rss The rise of Joerg Haider forces Austria to face the truth about its history -- and puts the European Union in a bind. By Fred Branfman and David Weir Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/11/choate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/11/11/choate/index.html?source=rss Pat Choate, the man behind the strategy to craft a left-right-center coalition with Pat Buchanan out front, reveals the plan to seize the White House next year. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/11/03/wills/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/11/03/wills/index.html?source=rss American government-bashers like to wrap themselves in a constitutional flag. But Garry Wills argues that the Founders wanted a strong government, not a weak one. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/09/18/featureb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/09/18/featureb/index.html?source=rss Bombs away: Dispatch from the frontlines of the new electronic battlefield. By Andrew Leonard. By Jonathan Broder Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/21/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/07/21/news/index.html?source=rss One federal jurist has shocked even hardened Washington insiders by suggesting that Clinton has declared "war" on the U.S. in his battle with Ken Starr.