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This is Part II of a series on the strategies used by the conservatives to promote their worldview, and the lessons progressives can learn from them to promote our own. Part I is here. As we saw in the previous post, the entire conservative movement was organized...

Part Four of a series. Let's return, once more, to our metaphorical intersection from parts two and three of the series. Except, where we once imagined a doomed pedestrian just preparing to cross the intersection, let's imagine a group of pedestrians stuck in the...

Like an “American Idol” reject, John McCain keeps warbling George W. Bush’s greatest flops. The latest is Social Security privatization, a proposal so roundly rejected by the American people when Bush tried to foist it on the nation in 2005 that even a solidly...

Make no mistake: When the conservatives set out to take over America 30 years ago, they were working off of a well-thought-out plan. The plan was put in place by a wide variety of thinkers—but three of the main strategists were Howard Phillips, Richard Viguerie,...

One in 100 is bad enough. One in nine is a full-blown national tragedy — one aided and abetted by conservative ideology. You know, if you've read today's headlines, that the "one in 100" figure represents the percentage of American adults now serving time in prison,...

Part Three of a series. Let's return to our metaphorical street corner from the previous post, because to understand the current economic crisis it might help to consider how many have been run down at that economic intersection, as conservatism stands by and watches....

It's rare that Americans speak up and speak clearly about what we want, and that Washington has in hand a plan that delivers it. In its latest issue, Consumer Reports has published some survey results that spell out six health care reforms the majority of Americans...

This song, recorded and produced by Campaign for America's Future, is adapted from Willie Nelson's anthem "A Peaceful Solution." Nelson welcomed people to re-record the song in their own styles, create new lyrics and use the song to promote peace and justice. Below...

Another weak performance for the Sunday shows, failing to ask the key Watchdog queries. Neither CBS' Face The Nation or Fox News Sunday pressed McCain's top campaign aides about their vocation as corporate lobbyists and the inherent conflict of interest that presents...

Part Two of a series. Consider this scenario. You're standing at a busy street corner when you see someone about to step off the curb right into the path of an oncoming bus. You have just enough time and you're close enough to reach out and stop them before it's too...