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  1. "Barack Obama does have an ideological core."

    Althouse - Aug 4, 2008

    Stanley Kurtz on "Barack Obama's Lost Years": [T]he time between his first campaign for the Illinois State Senate in 1995 and his race for U.S. Senate in 2004-can fairly be called the "lost years," the period Obama …

    Also tagged: chicago, obama, racial politics, stanley kurtz

  2. "What do you think playground bullies grow up to be?" "Right-wing Republicans."

    Althouse - Jul 6, 2008

    Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich answers a question. Actually, when I decided I was going to blog this little interview, I planned to feature this line about why our drilling for more oil isn't a good solution …

    Also tagged: photography, food, movies, sex, fashion, economics, eggs, fat, warren beatty, butter, popcorn, bill clinton, julie christie, environmentalism, antonioni, hillary, conservatism, robert reich

  3. "Liberals are more interested in listening to opposing points of view than are conservatives."

    Althouse - Jul 1, 2008

    Says Jonathan Chait, interpreting this study and appropriately and humorously checking himself: "I'm going to wallow in smug self-satisfaction for a few minutes, then go over to the Corner to see if anybody has a …

    Also tagged: psychology, conservatism, jonathan chait

  4. "Farmers hate rules, any rule that controls their land. They hate to have new people making decisions."

    Althouse - Jun 14, 2008

    When Madison types buy up a lot of land in the surrounding farm land, what happens to local government? "They're the NIMBYs and CAVEs — Not In My Backyarders and Citizens Against Virtually Everything," [says a Cross …

    Also tagged: libertarians

  5. What did Bob Dylan say about Barack Obama — and what did he mean?

    Althouse - Jun 8, 2008

    At the end of Alan Jackson's interview with Bob Dylan: My time with Dylan is up and we stand in preparation for my leaving the room. As a last aside, I ask for his take on the US political situation in the run-up to …

    Also tagged: books, poverty, obama, conservatism, rhetoric, dylan, 1960s

  6. "Liberals, of all people, should avoid making the passive/active distinction [and] support the death penalty..."

    Althouse - May 14, 2008

    ... if it's really true — and it seems to be — that executions save lives. Jac explains: If you're a liberal (in the sense in which "liberal" is used in modern-day America -- as Barack Obama put it, someone whose …

    Also tagged: law, death penalty, obama