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Much has been written in recent months about the future of the Republican Party, as “conservative” Rick Santorum proved popular among many primary voters against “centrist” Mitt Romney. This centrist vs. conservative meme is an oversimplification of the primary fight between Romney and Santorum, but it is not new. For years, the media have been…

Separation of Church, State. Did Rick Santorum sleep through constitutional law? Separation between church and state is part of the foundation that made the U.S. great. Just observe the many punitive theocracies in the world. Santorum doesn’t respect the separation between church and state and his regressive views on contraception, abortion, gay people and disdain…

Rick Santorum wants to bring sexy back … to the 1950s, when he was born. That is because Santorum seems to have an unhealthy fixation with, and passionate disdain for, the 1960s and the sexual freedoms that followed. To fully understand Santorum’s strident rejection of the 1960s, it’s instructive to recall a speech and question-and-answer…

When will Republicans stop their vagina monologue? I never thought that I would ever be writing an opinion about  vaginas, but miracles never cease! March is federally recognized as Women’s History Month, and Republicans have been celebrating the occasion in a most unusual style: with a burst of interest in women’s private parts. On Thursday, the…

Catholic bishops, evangelical pastors and Republican presidential candidates have been decrying the Obama administration’s war on religious liberty. Amid all the uproar, it’s easy to overlook something equally important: the administration’s many battles for religious liberty. The president has gotten deserved criticism for trying to force Catholic colleges and hospitals to buy insurance coverage for…

The presidential primary season is being brought to you by a handful of multimillionaires and companies who have propped up the candidates with enormous donations to their “super PACs.” Just two dozen or so individuals, couples and companies have given more than 80 percent of the money collected by super PACs, or $54 million, according…

After every other conservative alternative to Mitt Romney crashed and burned (libertarian Ron Paul is in a category of his own), from the rubble emerges Rick Santorum. But he isn’t just the last man standing. He is the first challenger to be plausibly presidential: knowledgeable, articulate, experienced, of stable character and authentic ideology. He’d been…