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Fusion power on the right
"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, The New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Rand Paul, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Arts and Culture, Republican Party
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Goldberg: Fusion power on the right
"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed the Week magazine. Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...
Tags: Jim DeMint, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Arts and Culture, Ronald Reagan, Politics
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Guarding the right's flank
To understand what is wrong with today's political right, look no further than the American Conservative Union. The ACU made headlines last month when it snubbed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. A source told National Review that Christie hadn't been...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Chris Hayes, Arts and Culture, Gay Rights, Travel
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Barnaby Conrad Jr. dies at 90; bullfighter, artist, saloonkeeper founded Santa Barbara Writers Conference
When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi's in New York. "Did you hear about poor Barnaby?" Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. "He was terribly gored in Spain."...Tags: Heart Disease, Truman Capote, Periodicals, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts and Culture
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Garry Wills: a devout critic
A political conservative turned liberal, lifelong Roman Catholic and world-class curmudgeon, Garry Wills has called President Barack Obama a disappointment and Pope Benedict XVI irrelevant — and that was before the pontiff announced his resignation....
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Belief and Faith, Seminaries, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Woodlawn (Chicago, Illinois)
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Meet the commenters: 'Greg J'
Change of SubjectReal name: Gregory Gender: Male Age: 40 Occupation: Corporate Tax Family info: Single Resides: Logan Square, Chicago Me standing in the Black Sea at Batumi, Republic of Georgia where I celebrated my birthday this fall. Political philosophy: I support... -
Emily Raboteau's fresh exploration of identity and faith
-------------------- Searching for Zion The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora Emily Raboteau Atlantic Monthly Press: 320 pp., $25 -------------------- In 1965, author and civil rights essayist James Baldwin appeared at the Cambridge Union...Tags: Israel, Malcolm X, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., NPR, Religion and Belief
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Gore Vidal says nice things about women in the new Vanity Fair
In his prime, writer Gore Vidal didn't have much nice to say about people, and he enjoyed sharing his opinions. On live television in 1968, he referred to fellow commentator William F. Buckley as a "crypto-Nazi" (Buckley responded by calling Vidal...
Tags: Paul Newman, Quentin Tarantino, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Dick Cavett
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The case for naming a U.S. secretary of Culture
Along with adding the finishing touches to his inaugural address on Monday, President Obama has plenty on his plate. He is consumed by the responsibilities of selecting new Cabinet members and preparing strategies to get them confirmed. He already had his...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, International Organizations, Arts and Culture, Heads of State, Music
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Guy: Time to re-think our War on Drugs
Now that Colorado and Washington have legalized recreational use of marijuana, it's time for Floridians to start talking seriously about doing the same. Legalization won't come overnight. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found only 42 percent of...Tags: Brian de Palma, Heroin, Quinnipiac University, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts and Culture
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Simple language just isn't as thrilling
I was talking with a friend the other day about the movie "Lincoln," and I mentioned that although the film wasn't perfect, it avoided the trap of hagiography. This literary gentleman gave me a quizzical look. "Of what?" he said. I assumed he was...
Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Science and Technology, Movies, Google Inc., Entertainment
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Goldberg: Time to grow up, GOP
It's hard for a lot of people, particularly on the right, to recognize that the conservative movement's problems are mostly problems of success. The Republican Party's problems are much more recognizable as the problems of failure, including the failure...
Tags: Sociology, Radio, Richard Nixon, Arts and Culture, Republican Party
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