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Rightbloggers Prepare to Swallow Their Santorum and Root for Romneynew

Rightbloggers, who've heretofore been giddily following whatever Great Right Hope might defeat Mittens, are glumly getting with the program.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
01-09-2012 |
Elections
Rick Perry and the Curious Case of 'Niggerhead' Ranchnew

Rick Perry is between a rock (with a racial epithet painted on it) and a hard place. He's the governor of a border state with an enormous Latino population, and his efforts to not demonize all of them as potential illegal immigrants have already left him castigated by the Tea Party.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
10-04-2011 |
Politics
Tags: Rick Perry, Election 2012
The Gabrielle Giffords Shootingnew

Rightbloggers comfort the real victims of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Themselves.
The Village Voice |
Roy Edroso |
01-11-2011 |
Commentary
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Sarah Palin
Dear California: Please Legalize Marijuana. For America.new

Vote Yes on Proposition 19 for Other Americans. And in the process, show us just how much of a role model the Great Republic of California can be.
The Village Voice |
Foster Kamer |
11-02-2010 |
Elections
White America Has Lost Its Mindnew

The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion.
The Village Voice |
Steven Thrasher |
09-29-2010 |
Commentary
Afraid of Freedom?new
Backtracking on warrantless surveillance, president still scorns privacy rights.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
02-01-2007 |
Commentary
The Sales of Justicenew

In the dark corridors of Brooklyn politics, a State Supreme Court judgeship sells for $50,000 stuffed in an envelope, and $6,000 in postage stamps.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
01-18-2007 |
Politics
Our Human Rights Shownew
Countries abusing their prisoners say they are following America's practices.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-18-2007 |
Commentary
See You Annannew
Leaving the United Nations, the Secretary General tells us why it's not working.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-28-2006 |
Politics
A Tale From the Slush Fundnew
A top Brooklyn politician uses the pork barrel against cancer.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
12-28-2006 |
Politics
Our Own Nuremberg Trialsnew
In 2007, the "reality show" of the American rule of law, for the world to see.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-21-2006 |
Politics
Tags: WAR
Bush's War Crimes Cover-Upnew
The Supreme Court ordered him to treat detainees as "civilized peoples" do -- he refuses.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
12-14-2006 |
Politics
Twisted Spitzernew

Note to the good-guy governor-elect: 10 reasons to stay Alan Hevesi's execution.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett |
12-14-2006 |
Politics
What the Democrats Must Donew
Mandate for the new majority: Curb the president's power to torture.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
11-30-2006 |
Commentary
A Hevesi Heresynew
Dare to doubt the governor's wisdom.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins and Wayne Barrett |
11-02-2006 |
Politics