What Would Rand Paul’s America Look Like?

What Would Rand Paul’s America Look Like?

As surprising as it may seem, Rand Paul is actually getting some traction with the left, mostly by bootstrapping onto the NSA surveillance stories and advocating for restoration of felons’ voting rights. But don’t be fooled — those are just cynical...
One Woman’s Heart: From Pro-life to Choice

One Woman’s Heart: From Pro-life to Choice

This guest post chronicling Claire Conner’s time in the “pro-life” movement was adapted by the author from a chapter in her book,  Wrapped in the Flag: A Personal History of America’s Radical Right (disclosure: this is MOMocrats’...
Thought the John Birch Society Was Dead? Think Again.

Thought the John Birch Society Was Dead? Think Again.

“What we see today is the tip of a very right wing iceberg, and it is very powerful.”- Claire Conner Prevailing wisdom among the political commentariat goes this way: The John Birch Society lost its influence and momentum the day Bill Buckley denounced...