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PETER BEINART

 Economic Fury 
 Is the New 
 Culture War 



Deficits were the rallying cry for yesterday's winners

Nov 4, 09 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - "Conservatives have supposedly gotten their groove back," Peter Beinart writes about the results of yesterday's state races, "but it's not the same old groove." The candidates who won—or almost won—downplayed social issues and focused on the economy, which Beinart calls the “new culture... More »

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recession • Republican Party • economy • conservatives • culture wars • elections • Christopher Christie • Bob McDonnell • Doug Hoffman • Election 09 • deficit spending

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

OPINION

 A Win for Obama, 
 Moderate Catholics 

President's Notre Dame speech was radical and conservative: Dionne

May 18, 09 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion opponents protested and pro-life students skipped, but Barack Obama's Notre Dame commencement address was at once "the most radical and the most conservative speech of his presidency," writes Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne. The president refused to indulge the protesters' desire to "reignite the culture wars,... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • Catholic Church • Notre Dame • Catholics • commencement speech • pro-life • culture wars • anti-abortion activists

OPINION

Pro-Life Votes Are Obama's First Target in Culture War

Gay rights will come later, when it's easier: Douthat

May 12, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats pushed Barack Obama into the White House hoping he could end the culture wars—and when they say “end,” they mean “win,” writes Ross Douthat in the New York Times. Obama’s strategy: “Engage on abortion, and punt on gay rights.” Though he... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • abortion • gay marriage • pro-life • culture wars • anti-abortion activists • Election 2012 • President Obama

Analysis

On Hot-Button Issues, Obama Keeps Cool

Takes steps thought
to be sudden death
for pols—and scores

Apr 22, 09 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has been “dancing on cultural third rails with seeming impunity,” reports Jonathan Martin of Politico. He’s gone to France and called America “arrogant,” liberalized relations with Cuba, and eased up on medical marijuana—all moves that Bill Clinton wouldn’t have touched with... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Clinton administration • social liberals • culture wars • Obama administration



 Paterson 
 to Push for 
 Gay Marriage 

But bill's passage through the NY legislature is not certain

Apr 14, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. David Paterson plans to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, doing so without the customary cultivation of legislative support in the wake of laws legalizing gay unions in Iowa and Vermont. Sources close to the governor say he feels New York should plow... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Eliot Spitzer • David Paterson • culture wars • state assembly

OPINION

Fatwa Against Rushdie Set Off Self-Censorship

Edict brought Muslim
culture war to the
West: Hitchens

Jan 5, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - When Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens knew what it meant: "This was not just a warning of what was to come,” he writes in Vanity Fair, “it was the warning.” A global culture war, between Muslim fundamentalists and... More »

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Iran • Islam • Christopher Hitchens • censorship • religion • Salman Rushdie • Satanic Verses • fundamentalism • fatwa • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Danish Mohammed cartoons • culture wars

BOOK REVIEW

The Culture Wars, College Football Style

Michigan-Ohio State rivalry illuminates tale of  '60s, '70s upheaval

Nov 21, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The cultural disconnect between conservative college football programs and America’s liberalizing culture in the late 1960s and early ‘70s is the theme of War as They Knew It, a book by Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg. The survey of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry (which continues tomorrow) through... More »

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rivalry • Richard Nixon • Michigan Wolverines • New Republic • liberals • Vietnam War • University of Michigan • book reviews • Jonathan Chait • Bo Schembechler • Ohio State University • Ohio State Buckeyes • 1960s • 1970s • conservatives • culture wars • Detroit Free Press • Woody Hayes • Michael Rosenberg

OPINION

Congress Is Ready to Accept a Single Mom

Rep. Sanchez's pregnancy shouldn't make waves in DC

Nov 20, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Rep. Linda Sanchez worries Washington may frown on her pregnancy because she isn’t married, but Patt Morrison, in the Los Angeles Times, thinks things have changed. “Twenty years ago, it simply wouldn't have been possible—pregnant, single and a member of Congress? Oh, the scandal! But the culture... More »

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Congress • pregnancy • Linda Sanchez • single parenting • working mothers • culture wars • Bristol Palin

OPINION

 The GOP 
 Has a God 
 Problem 



Parker: It's time for a break-up with the Christian Right

Nov 19, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After getting death threats for dissing Sarah Palin, Kathleen Parker is stirring up trouble in the right-wing ranks again. The Republican Party is going to go the way of the Shakers if it doesn’t lose some of that old time religion, she writes in the Washington Post. The party’... More »

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religious right • Republican Party • Christian conservatives • culture wars • Kathleen Parker • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

Palin's Flop Shows Gender Doesn't Sway Women Voters

It's the agenda, stupid: Goodman

Nov 14, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - This election showed a female candidate won’t automatically draw women’s votes if most women disagree with her on the issues, Ellen Goodman writes in the Boston Globe: “It’s not the gender … but the agenda.” With women traditionally putting economic issues—and more governmental control—... More »

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Hillary Clinton • gender politics • working mothers • Democratic Party • female voters • economy • Sarah Palin • culture wars

OPINION

 Is She the Last 
 Culture Warrior? 

With bigger problems on our minds, accusations of 'elitist' don't stick

Nov 3, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Although Sarah Palin says she would be a fresh face in Washington, she really represents the end of a long line of Republican culture warriors, writes Peter Beinart in the Washington Post. "She's depicting the campaign as a struggle between the culturally familiar and the culturally threatening, the culturally... More »

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Republican • recession • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • culture wars • McCain-Palin

 Gay Marriage Vote 
 Highlights Calif. Divides 

Urban, coastal areas generally oppose Prop. 8; less-populated inland areas support it

Oct 22, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - California’s looming referendum on gay marriage is highlighting the cultural divide between coastal and inland regions, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Polls show 37% of voters in coastal counties supported Proposition 8—which would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage—in a June poll, while 54% in... More »

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California • gay marriage • culture • voters • family values • culture wars • Proposition 8

OPINION

Forget Arugula: Dems Should Hit GOP on Fiscal Crisis

But they should ignore the arugula and hammer on GOP moves that created this mess

Sep 17, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Put aside the arugula and forget "priggish" counter-attacks on Sarah Palin, Thomas Frank advises Democrats. The way to win the culture war being waged by Republicans is to point out what GOP dominance over the last quarter century has done: removed fiscal safeguards and brought us "to the... More »

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Democrats • Republican • financial markets • labor unions • subprime crisis • deregulation • culture wars • financial crisis

OPINION

Dominatrix Palin Wants to Whip Drooling Nation

Extreme views make GOP's fox less attractive

Sep 9, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has turned out to be a big hit with voters, many of whom think she’s hot, writes Greg Kamiya on Salon. Republicans have made a play for America’s gonads, hoping to make the election a referendum on “the perceived doability of the governor... More »

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sado-masochism • Sarah Palin • culture wars • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

This Year, the Culture Wars Won't Work

Palin rhetoric rallies
the base, but indies care about their wallets

Sep 8, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain-Palin ticket is hoping to reignite the culture wars—but this time, it might not work, writes Michael Tomasky in the Guardian. While the Republicans once again drag out attacks against secular elitists on the coasts, the small towns whose "values" the GOP extols are suffering from 6.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • culture wars

Pop Culture Battles Fundamentalists in Gaza

Western imports ease daily stress, but fuel the fundamentalists' ire

Sep 7, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Culture is the quiet battleground in Gaza, where Jennifer Lopez pouts on CD covers beside religious paperbacks on store shelves, the New York Times reports. Combating daily food shortages and feeling isolated, Gazans escape with soap operas, sitcoms, and music—homegrown or imported from the West. But recent incidents—from... More »

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television • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • culture • Noor TV • Palestinian people • culture wars

 Palin Resurrects 
 the Culture Wars 

Watchers agree they never left, but require an event, like Palin's candidacy, to reemerge

Sep 3, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The culture wars are heating up again, thanks to Sarah Palin’s staunch opposition to abortion and demonstrated fondness for firearms, Politico reports. Social issues have been largely absent from the campaign so far, with both candidates preferring to focus on the war and the economy. But Palin’s own... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • abortion rights • creationism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • culture wars • gun rights

OPINION

Advice for Obama: Don't Take Any Advice

Dems risk rubbing out the candidate's authenticity: Brooks

Aug 26, 08 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Denver, the once-buoyant candidate is being assailed with bad advice from all sides, writes David Brooks. From a Dukakis-style policy blitz to Michael Moore-ish pugilism, the suggestions for Obama's team are a "Greatest Misses compilation" of past failures. Obama knows what he should do,... More »

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Barack Obama • Democratic National Convention • authenticity • Democratic Party • Election 2008 • culture wars

Opinion

Conservative Artists Should Stand Tall

They can't 'battle this state of affairs with silence' in Hollywood

Aug 9, 08 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are conservatives in Hollywood, writes Andrew Klavan in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, they are all tip-toeing and cowering, afraid of being dismissed by liberals who run the town—and it’s time that stopped. Liberal values pervade TV and movies, and not just in message films. It is... More »

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media • Hollywood • film • writer • movies • conservatives • culture wars

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