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"Frightened" David Frum Quits National Review

NY Times | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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In a span of 252 days, the National Review lost two Buckleys -- one to death, another to resignation -- and an election. ... Now David Frum, a promin...

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National Review In Disarray, David Frum Leaving Magazine To Start Web Site

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

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In a span of 252 days, the National Review lost two Buckleys -- one to death, another to resignation -- and an election. Now, thanks to the coarsen...

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Liberal Media to Blame? Not This Time: Apostate Conservatives Nail Coffin Shut

Brian Normoyle | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Brian Normoyle

Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend muc...

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The Fall of the Right

Holly Regan | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Holly Regan

The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.

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What Conservatism Taught Us About Conservation

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 10.22.2008 | Green

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Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

Is presenting a unified front really a prerequisite for getting what you want in the political sphere?

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I'm Not a Liberal

Dave Winer | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Dave Winer

I think people who say Obama is liberal haven't bothered to find out anything about him. It's my conservative side that's voting for him.

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A Challenge

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 10.17.2008 | Media

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Andrew Sargus Klein

Snark and blinkered partisanship aren't going to help anyone out of this mess. It's going to take a lot of ivory tower types and pragmatic politicians to pull this off.

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Nico Pitney

National Review Writer: Obama Likely Would Have Been Aborted, Had It Been Legal

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

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Ed Whelan baselessly speculates in the National Review that Barack Obama's deceased mother "very possibly" would have aborted her son had Roe v. Wade ...

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The Beat (It) Goes On: A Conservative Stampede

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

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Jerry Weissman

The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.

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The Conservative Purge Has Begun

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Instead of excommunicating Buckley and others, conservatives should be debating with them. But intolerance is winning out over intellectual inquisitiveness.

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Jason Linkins

Christopher Buckley Resigns From National Review After Obama Endorsement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

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Buckley's momentary wander off the reservation brought the same sort of hailstorm of oppobrium earned by Kathleen Parker when she criticized GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

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Former Publisher of William F. Buckley's National Review Backs Obama

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

Wick Allison is a lifelong conservative, and he starkly lays out his bona fides in the piece -- and they're impressive.

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Brit Hume and National Review Online: Keeping the Sex Ed for Kindergartners Lie Alive

David Fiderer | Posted 09.17.2008 | Media

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David Fiderer

What kind of guy would write, "Here's what the law says," when everyone else in the media reads the actual words, which say the opposite? Byron York is that kind of guy.

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Fox News And Jerome Corsi, Living In The Past

Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

How did a sure-fire follow-up hit turn into such a trouble-plagued production? And why isn't Fox News' Swift Boat formula working?

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David Freddoso Fails to Make "The Case Against Barack Obama"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The major flaw in Freddoso's book is that there is no historical context. He makes no attempt to explain to readers how American politics produced the Obama phenomenon in the first place.

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Jason Linkins

A New Yorker Cover For National Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media

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[UPDATED, below.] Andrew Sullivan pulls this editorial cartoon from David Horsey, and asks, "How would the Republican base react to this?" Of cour...

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Joe Klein Takes On Neocons Over Anti-Semitism Charge

Time.com | Joe Klein | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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My post below, re the surge, has set off squeals of outrage over at Contentions, the Commentary magazine blog. This is to be expected, but still sad w...

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Jason Linkins

Right-Wing Obama Critics Obsess Over 'Rock Concert Conspiracy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

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[UPDATED BELOW] Rightward critics of Barack Obama continue to be all a-flutter over the fact that the Illinois Senator's massive rally in Portland, w...

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Michelle Obama and the Poison of National Review

Dan Agin | Posted 04.13.2008 | Media

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Dan Agin

There's no inherited privilege in Michelle Obama, only achievement through intelligence and education, and the "victimology" is that of a black woman living in a thoroughly racist society.

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Jake Tapper's Smoke Detector Goes Off at ABC News

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.09.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Did Obama fib about smoking as Tapper claimed? I have no idea. Does it matter in terms of Obama's White House run? I can't imagine how it would. I d...

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William F. Buckley, R.I.P.: Rest In Peace, Praise, or is it Privilege?

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Politics

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Sherman Yellen

The obituaries do a disservice to Buckley, who deserves better -- better being an honest account of his disastrous views as well as his political triumph in helping the far right come to power.

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McCain "Proud" of Endorsement From John Hagee Who Calls Catholics "The Great Whore." Where's Tim Russert Now?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home

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Jane Hamsher

Both sides of the political spectrum are in agreement that McCain should be forced to account for this.

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The Press Will Torment Obama, Too

Eric Boehlert | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Clear signs suggest that Obama's press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their lazy routine of critiquing Dems through the eyes of Republican spin.

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What Progressives Can Learn from William F. Buckley

Daniel Brook | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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Daniel Brook

Buckley's political genius was to broaden the debate by contesting the seemingly uncontestable.

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Romney Donated $10K To National Review Group Before Receiving Mag's Endorsement

New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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In the months before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts contributed tens of thous...

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