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Rich Shouldn’t Get Overwrought

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP Amid pleas to spare the rich, the right is accusing the Obama Administration of waging vile class warfare. They envision wooden carts carrying the wealthiest 2% to the guillotine. Are the critics right? Only in the tumbrels of their mind. What the administration proposes is more like charging for cocktails in the […]

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Rushing Toward Irrelevance

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2009 0

BY JOE CONASON Once upon a time, conservatives liked to say that “ideas matter.” They attributed this pithy slogan to Ayn Rand, venerated author of Atlas Shrugged and The Virtue of Selfishness, and tried to live by it, generating books, papers and legislative proposals by the dozen. Although many of their theories later proved flimsy, […]

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Fools Rush In

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2009 0

BY KAREN WEBB How stupid can they get? I was absolutely positive the GOP couldn't possibly get more worshipful of Rush Limbaugh unless they declared him...

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It’s Rove, Not Rush

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2009 0

BY FRANK P. BELCASTRO The real intellectual force behind the Republican Party is still Karl Rove. Recently, on television he was, calmly, lucidly, and shamelessly trying...

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Obstinancy, Not Opposition

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER “No” can be a very good word. Whether dealing with children or Congress, a firm “uh-uh” can set useful borders for acceptable behavior. And, for such a short word, “no” can also carry a world of principle – America would be a lot better off today, for example, if only a few […]