conservatism 
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SOURCE: The New Republic
3/30/2021
The Republican Poseurs Who Claim to Be True Texans
A number of the most prominent conservatives holding or running for office in Texas are, in fact, recent arrivals. They echo the influx of pro-slavery fanatics to the Republic of Texas, and also obscure the growing diversity and political moderation of the state's large urban areas.
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SOURCE: New York Times
3/26/2021
The Social Justice Purge at Idaho Colleges
Concerns about free speech on campus should consider the Idaho legislature's recent attacks on "critical race theory" as an effort to use education funds to restrict academic freedom, says NYT opinion columnist Michelle Goldberg.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
3/26/2021
Bill Brock was the Forgotten Father of the Modern GOP
by Seth Blumenthal
Bill Brock lost two related battles: to keep the Republican Party establishment in charge of conservative policy priorities and to marry fiscal conservatism with some more moderate positions on social issues. A biographer argues that conservatism and the country are worse off for not following Brock.
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
3/24/2021
The Future of Conservatism?
by Charlie Sykes
"The Bulwark" columnist compares a recent task force for conservatism convened by former Governor Scott Walker to the legacy of the movement and finds it sorely lacking.
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SOURCE: Vox
3/23/2021
The Intellectual Case For Trump: A Debate
Vox's Sean Illing discusses the subject with Charles Kesler, Professor of Politics at Claremont McKenna College.
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3/21/2021
Rally 'Round the Rune: Fascist Echoes of the CPAC Stage
by Mark Auslander and Jay Ball
The incorporation of a Norse rune associated with the SS into the stage of the recent CPAC conference probably isn't an accident; the choice reflects the cultural cachet of Norse myth on the far right, the conservative movement's desire to maintain deniability about its ties to the far right, and the recognition that the design would be crystal clear to viewers of internet memes.
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
3/15/2021
A County Turns Against Its College
by Emma Pettit
"For years, locals have made bogeymen out of the faculty, characterizing them as radicals with leftist agendas, committed to indoctrinating students."
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
3/8/2021
What Is Happening to the Republican Party?
by Jelani Cobb
The historian and New Yorker writer consults a roster of political historians (including Marsha Barrett, Thomas Patterson and Heather Cox Richardson) to ask whether Trumpism has the potential to break the Republican Party as previous factional splits have disrupted prior incarnations of the American party system.
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SOURCE: Heritage Foundation
3/3/2021
Why Aren’t Conservative Women Recognized During Women’s History Month?
The head of the conservative think tank argues that Women's History Month is not ideologically inclusive.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
3/7/2021
The Four Horsemen: Rush, Roger, Rupert, and The Donald May Ride Forever
by Robert Lipsyte
There’s no reason to think that the ride of the modern Four Horsemen is over. Limbaugh and Aisles have left their vast poisonous pools behind and they won’t dry up soon.
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SOURCE: New York Times
3/9/2021
The G.O.P. Isn’t Going to Split Apart Anytime Soon
by Jamelle Bouie
The Times columnist checks in with a number of political historians and argues that, while pundits are comparing today's GOP to the Whigs and Federalists, a more vital comparison is to the 19th century Democratic Party, which held on to power through aggressive use of anti-majoritarian institutions.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
3/8/2021
The John Birch Society Never Left
by Rick Perlstein and Edward H. Miller
Journalists are calling for the Republicans to follow the lead of William F. Buckley and stand up to far-right extremists in their ranks. The problem is that neither Buckley nor the GOP of the 1960s did any such thing, instead perfecting the technique of speaking to two audiences.
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3/2/2021
Historians on CPAC 2021
The annual conservative meeting showed that Donald Trump still holds the steering wheel of the Republican Party. Historians on the speeches, the stage design, and the golden idol.
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SOURCE: New York Times
Trumpism Grips a Post-Policy G.O.P. as Traditional Conservatism Fades
by Jonathan Martin
This year's CPAC meeting shows a remarkable Trumpian orthodoxy among Republican officials that stands out in contrast to the intense public debates that have followed previous electoral defeats.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
2/2/2021
We Need a Second Season of ‘Mrs. America.’ Here’s Why
by Magdalene Zier
After the defeat of the ERA, Phyllis Schlafly's activist career entered a second act, pushing the federal judiciary in conservative directions.
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SOURCE: The Week
2/18/2021
Rush Limbaugh Taught Republicans To Rage
by Neil J. Young
Even from the perspective of today's degraded political culture that he helped bring about, Limbaugh's cruelty remains shocking.
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SOURCE: Democracy Now
2/25/2021
“Decades in the Making”: How Mainstream Conservatives & Right-Wing Money Fueled the Capitol Attack
Author Brendan O'Connor says the Capitol riots were decades in the making, and discusses the history of ideology and institution-building on the right that organized the riots.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
2/19/2021
The Rise and Fall of the L. Brent Bozells
by Timothy Noah
The charging of L. Brent Bozell IV with disorderly conduct for entering the Senate chamber on January 6 prompts reflection on how a series of men named L. Brent Bozell trace the evolution of American conservatism.
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SOURCE: New York Times
2/22/2021
The Legacy of Rush Limbaugh (Podcast)
The Times Podcast "The Daily" looks at the career and legacy of the controversial radio host.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
2/21/2021
Texas Failed Because It Did Not Plan
An analysis of three interrelated failures of planning, logistics, and markets that led to the Texas electrical disaster.
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