This raises the question, then? Are we indeed, after analyzing the past 8 years (not just post this election)a Center-Left or Center-Right nation? Legislatively, we seem to lean toward whatever you define the Republican Party, now, almost consistently (as Glenn well-argues) to the right.
The relevancy of the Democratic Party dwindles into oblivion, day by day. Obama's compromises before the election were troubling. Moreover, the "bipartisan" overtures and cabinet prospects he is considering now are even more bleak.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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