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Rush the Race-Baiter
Limbaugh's fans say unfair charges of racism blocked his bid to become an NFL owner. Could be-but why don't they care when he's the one doing the race-baiting?
The GOP Replays 1994
Frank Luntz, the strategist behind Gingrich's Contract With America, ponders a new version for 2010. Samuel P. Jacobs spoke to six alums of that effort about whether it can be resurrected.
Team Bush Buries a Tell-All
Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer, in his first interview since the storm over his unflattering White House memoir began, tells Lloyd Grove about his former colleagues' mission to discredit him, W.'s "depressing" speeches-and Obama's eloquence.
Torture's Moral Toll
If waterboarding works, The Daily Beast's Conor Friedersdorf wonders, why is it that the U.S. keeps triumphing over nations that torture?
Here Come the Racists
During the campaign, Barack Obama's enemies seemed reluctant to smear him with ugly rhetoric. But as The Daily Beast's Matthew Yglesias points out, the last week has seen it come out in full force.
William F. Buckley's Flip-Flop
Buckley tapped Richard Brookhiser as the editor of National Review before pulling the rug out from under him. In an excerpt from his new book, Brookhiser describes the crushing moment.
Sarah Palin's Media Mafia
How could Palin blame the press for her demise when she owes her meteoric rise to Rush, Bill, and others in the conservative media elite?
Who Started the War on Christmas?
'The War on Christmas' started in a white nationalist cabal and spread to conservative media.




















