When the history of Facebook-enabled activism is written, the backlash against the Susan G. Komen foundation’s decision to …
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Articles of Faith: Why Republicans Don’t Want to Debate Birth Control
In the midst of what has already been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad summer, the Obama administration last week appeared to stumble into the kind of culture war skirmish that nearly shut down the government earlier this …
The Looming State-Federal Showdown
When it comes to health care, conservative state legislatures seem to be happily on a collision course with the Obama Administration. Passing statutes that defy federal law and exempting themselves from the new health reform overhaul, these states are begging for a fight. They will get one eventually – in most cases, in the form of …
Mitch Daniels’ Dilemma
You kind of knew this was bound to happen after Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels called for a “truce” on social issues. The mild-mannered fiscal conservative might want to avoid contentious moral debates, but Indiana just became …