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The Debt Ceiling Crisis and Biblical Economics

Why Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann say the things they do.
Julie Ingersoll
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Neo-Confederates and the Revival of “Theological War” for the “Christian Nation”

The theological underpinnings of GOP presidential candidates’ ties to neo-confederate groups.
Sarah Posner
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The GOP Primary Capsule, Countown Four Days to the Rapture

With Huckabee and Trump out, there’s a void for the evangelical and conspiracy vote.
Sarah Posner
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Rand Paul: The Next Ronald Reagan?

The latest Bloggingheads.
Sarah Posner
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Things the GOP Won’t Like about Ron Paul

How the Tea Party favorite diverges from Republican orthodoxy.
Julie Ingersoll
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R. Paul 2.0

Is Rand Paul a fringe candidate or a rising star in the Republican Party?
Julie Ingersoll
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Republicans Tell Iowa Homeschoolers Education Not Government’s Role

Three presidential hopefuls pander to Christian Reconstructionist view of education.
Julie Ingersoll
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Will ABC ‘Whitewash’ Radical Rand Paul Tonight?

Nightline’s teaser clip manages to make the man who would have opposed the Civil Rights Act mainstream.
Julie Ingersoll
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Ron Paul’s New Place in the GOP

His views, once thought extreme, increasingly have a place in the Republican Party.
Julie Ingersoll
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Better Dead Than ‘Fed’: Behind Palin’s Dig at ‘Unbiblical’ Fed

“Cease and desist” was Sarah Palin’s rebel yell at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last week, in a speech attacking the Fed’s plan to buy up $600 billion in government debt to stimulate the US economy.
Julie Ingersoll
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