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How did American conservatism end up so detached from, indeed at odds with, facts and rationality? For decades the G.O

The forbidden becomes tolerated. The tolerated becomes subsidized. The subsidized becomes mandatory. That’s the fifty year history of contraception, from Estelle Griswold to Kathleen Sebelius. It’s a case study in how liberal evolution works. An initial

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Amy Contrada Old news? Yes — and Mitt Romney hopes it will be ignored or forgotten. How does Romney manage to bury his past political sins? With a lot of help from his former critics — including Governor Huckabee — who seem to suffer from amnesia. But wh

(AP) The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: “black.” For this group — some descende