Tag Archives: realism

Implications of the Pletka Purge

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Lee

Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht … Continue reading →

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The Realism of Ward Connerly

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Lee

Good Magazine takes a lengthy look at the always fascinating Ward Connerly, and his struggle to end Affirmative Action in the United States. While he continues to be vilified by the defenders of “positive discrimination” and as his ballot initiatives … Continue reading →

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Dissonance Control in Political Paranoia

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Lee

(photo: companyink) After writing about the Ronpaulist fear mongering of Jordan Page, and then reading Lance’s splendid post on the latest contheorist pandering of Glenn Greenwald, a common insight has reoccurred to me: the absurd amount of cognitive dissonance conditional … Continue reading →

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McCain’s Secular Conservatism

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Lee

photo: Chris Dunn The Moderate Voice takes a good and short look at McCain’s politics and notices a compelling absence of social conservative moral lectures, as well as a preference for stressing the characteristics of conservatism that Americans find most … Continue reading →

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