http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/conservatism/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Fri, 30 May 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3695/sams_club_politics/ On a recent episode of the NBC comedy "30 Rock," the cutthroat corporate executive Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin, needed some "cool Republican celebrities" to headline his John McCain fundraising dinner. To his dismay, Democrats had cornered the hip, star market, so Donaghy was forced to turn to the fictional Dennis Duffy, an obnoxious beeper salesman who had recently stepped in front of a subway train to save a fallen stranger. To be certain he had the right man, Donaghy asked Duffy to describe his politics. "Social conservative, fiscal liberal," the subway hero deadpanned. The Atlantic Monthly's Ross Douthat, a senior editor, and Reihan Salam, an associate editor, would likely disavow that label, but the platform they advocate in… books conservatism republicanism Joel Bleifuss Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4015/thanks_for_the_memories_wingnuts/ So many dislodged wingnuts, so little time to fete them. Can't thank everyone who helped tear the wheels off the conservative movement and elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden, but a few of the major mechanics compel recognition. Paul Weyrich, the uber-religionist and founder of the Heritage Foundation, for spending a lifetime trying to replace our democracy with a theocracy, for linking conservatism inescapably with homophobia, anti-semitism, and sexism, and for red-baiting a docile media into becoming a fearsome adversary. Grover Norquist, for recruiting George W. Bush and enabling him to become the Typhoid Mary of conservatisim, and for keeping up the bray for smaller government even as American families came desperately to need a bigger one. Newt Gingrich, for… republican party conservatism Joel Bleifuss