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    March 15, 2012

  • The Real Romney: Faith in His Bones, Politics in His Heart

    by Lou Dubose
    A presidential primary that has come down to a contest between a Mormon and a Roman Catholic puts Mitt Romney at a distinct disadvantage. He has to convince voters that he is a devout Christian — a prerequisite for a Republican candidate — while avoid Read »

  • Saints and Sinners

    by Lou Dubose
    If Mitt Romney would loosen up and speak more openly about his faith, he could lay claim to his spiritual patrimony and increase his support among evangelicals. Evangelicals are traditional marriage absolutists, and defense of marriage is an institutiona Read »
    • March 1, 2012

  • Kitchen Nightmares

    by Jenny Blair
    Reviewed: The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table by Tracie McMillan (Scribner, 284 pp., $25). If you want people to eat healthy, why make it so expensive?” Read »

  • Extremely Loud, Incredibly White, and Targeting the Occupy Movement

    by Lou Dubose
    If politics is show business for ugly people, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference is Broadway for Republicans. It is big audiences and big stages. Last month, 10,000 right-wing activists came to Washington to listen to every Republican nat Read »

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Editorial: The Fight for Voting Rights Has Just Begun
By Michael Waldman

As is well known, the 2012 election saw a national drive to restrict the ability to vote. Citizens fought back. By Election Day, almost every harsh new law was blocked, blunted, postponed, or repealed. Count that a true win for democracy. But let’s not be satisfied with just winning defensive f 

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Letters: 'The earth is doomed'
By Washington Spectator

Warning Ignored Re: “Environmentalism on the Offense for a Change,” The Washington Spectator, March 1. I was a supporter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for many years. I can no longer support it since I’m now on Social Security. These scientists have been warning u 

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Inbox: The Leveretts’ Brave Book
By Washington Spectator

The authors of Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, support the Islamic Republic of Iran, a fundamentalist totalitarian regime. Their book (reviewed by Chase Madar in “Obama in Tehran,” March 2013 

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For Bobby Jindal, April Was the Cruelest Month
By Stephanie Grace

It’s become an article of faith in louisiana that Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has his eye on a bigger prize. Jindal consistently, if winkingly, denies it. But in Baton Rouge, his national ambition is part of the landscape. That’s worked out fine for the one-time Rhodes Scholar and precocious 

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