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Rush Limbaugh, Olympia Snowe and the Republican Battle on Women’s Health

Rush Limbaugh, Olympia Snowe and the Republican Battle on Women’s Health

Following Rush Limbaugh’s incendiary comments about Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke this past week, a full-fledged response from women has begun to engulf the Republican Party. Beyond the public outrage at Limbuagh’s comments (discussed below), the [...]

Political Ads and the Super Bowl: God, Guns and Abortion

Political Ads and the Super Bowl: God, Guns and Abortion

The Giants and Patriots are not the only ones that will be facing off this Super Bowl. With the 2012 election season in full swing, the 115 million Super Bowl viewers make an enticing target audience [...]

Santorum’s Weakness: the Extremism of Rick Santorum and Why He is Unfit for President

Santorum’s Weakness: the Extremism of Rick Santorum and Why He is Unfit for President

It is difficult to provide the proper rebuke to a man like Rick Santorum, who has spent much of his adult life trying to impose his religious beliefs on the American people through public office. After [...]

Justice Clarence Thomas and The New Yorker’s Folly

Justice Clarence Thomas and The New Yorker’s Folly

In this month’s New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin recasts Justice Clarence Thomas, a man that many perceive to be an intellectual marionette of the far right wing, as in truth an intellectual agent of change on the [...]

The Budget Battle, Abortion and Planned Parenthood

The Budget Battle, Abortion and Planned Parenthood

“It is my view that no American woman should be denied access to family planning assistance because of her economic condition. I believe, therefore that we should establish as a national goal the provision of adequate [...]