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YOUR TURN: Paranoia still grips politics
Irrational fear has always done funny things to the way people think. Nonetheless, I have to admit I was bowled over reading "It's a matter of Faith: Some GOP Hopefuls insist Obama Muslim" (Aug. 21). The article cited a Pew Poll that found an astounding 31 percent of Republicans - including several local candidates for Congress - claim to believe President Obama is a Muslim.
To help Sun Chronicle readers to understand why some people are doggedly determined not to be confused by irrefutable facts, I recommend an essay by renowned historian Richard Hofstadter, first published in the early 1960s entitled "The Paranoid Style in American Politics."
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OPINION | August 23, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist: Now That's Rich
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Republicans and conservative Democrats are eager to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the 120,000 richest people in America.
OPINION | August 22, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist: How Fox Betrayed Petraeus
By FRANK RICH
The rage over the "ground zero mosque" is not motivated by a serious desire to protect America, but by a desire for an election-season payoff.
OPINION | August 22, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist: Taking Bin Laden's Side
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Opposition to the proposed Islamic center near ground zero is one topic on which Sarah Palin and Osama bin Laden apparently agree.
EDUCATION | March 13, 2010
Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
Because Texas is a large buyer of textbooks, the changes approved by the school board will have a broad influence.
OPINION | February 28, 2010
Op-Ed Columnist: The Axis of the Obsessed and Deranged
By FRANK RICH
Violent invective, once largely confined to blogs and talk radio, is now spreading among Republicans in public office or aspiring to it.
US | February 27, 2010
To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case
By SHAILA DEWAN
Long viewed as mostly white, the movement is looking to expand by arguing abortion is intended to wipe out blacks.
on Bostonist
So, you're new Senator Scott Brown. You're on Fox News to talk about how horrible the government is, and to get your puss out on national TV in preparation for your 2012 run. And host Neil Cavuto throws you a soft question, asking you to react to the nutball flying his plane into the IRS offices in Austin.
Do you:
(a) express sympathy for the families, admit that there are some cracked individuals out there, and move on to another subject?
(b) say all the facts aren't in and you don't want to comment until we know more?
(c) express sympathy for the families, then compare the pilot's state of mind to that of your supporters?
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When tax rage goes over the top
Clarence Page
February 21 2010
Some of today's populists are giving elitists a good name. The complete article can be viewed here:
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brown ’s first vote
WASHINGTON - Senator Scott Brown accelerated his swearing-in last week to make sure he could have a say on key pending legislation. But by the time he cast his first vote on the Senate floor yesterday, much of that drama had evaporated.
Brown, whose election to replace the late senator Edward M. Kennedy gave the GOP the crucial 41st vote it needed to block Democratic legislation, joined Republicans in their successful move to halt President Obama’s appointment of a union lawyer, Craig Becker, to the National Labor Relations Board, which certifies unions and resolves disputes between workers and employers. (More on this story)
Press Release: Foxborough Democratic Town Committee holds Caucus for the Democratic State Convention.
U.S. / POLITICS | February 16, 2010
Tea Party Movement Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right
By DAVID BARSTOW
More than populist discontent, the Tea Party movement is about a transformation from political indifference to bracing for tyranny.
OPINION | February 10, 2010
Editorial: The Politics of Fear
The Republican propaganda that the Democrats are soft on terrorists is a distraction from the real issue: that the counterterrorism system needs to be fixed.
U.S. / POLITICS | February 06, 2010
Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles
By MARK LEIBOVICH
Sarah Palin, who headlines a national Tea Party convention on Saturday, represents a new breed of unelected public figures in an environment where politics, news and celebrity are fused as never before.
OPINION | January 22, 2010
Editorial: The Court's Blow to Democracy
Congress must act quickly to limit the damage of the Supreme Court's decision to lift the ban on corporate spending on political campaigns and elections.
Press Release on Endorsements for November 4, 2008
Press Release 10/22/08
Press Release on House Bill 1728
Press Release 6/9/2009
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