From The American Spectator, Quin Hillyer on the problem with Palin; R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. on conservatism and ideology; and Ben Stein on liberals then and now. From TAP, how conservative Christians get around health-care reform's individual mandate; and when we mock politicians who are outed as gay, who are we really shaming, and are we decrying homophobia — or fueling it? The Fox News Tribe: More than ever, conservatives are working to cast liberals as the other. From TNR, Barry Friedman and Jeffrey Rosen on the battle over the Court: How the right and the left learned to love judicial activism. A new wave of American populism could be good for the Jews. An interview with Charlotte Dennett, author of The People v. Bush: One Lawyer’s Campaign to Bring the President to Justice and the National Grassroots Movement She Encounters Along the Way (and more). Power struggle: Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney go inside the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. An interview with Arthur C. Brooks, author of The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America’s Future. Thomas Frank on conservatives and the market for alienation: The GOP claims to speak for the working man. Free the Forbes 400: Dan Milbank on the Tea Party's elite populism. Judicial Drama: Why you don't need to pay attention to Supreme Court confirmation hearings. From National Review, Michael Knox Beran on the descent of Liberalism. Strategies that rely on insider influence can't deliver large-scale change — but mobilizations outside government can. A review of Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics through Networked Progressive Media by Jessica Clark and Tracy Van Slyke (and more). Meet your candidate: Idaho cartoon villain Harley D. Brown will save Congress.
