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Today in Reasonable Conservatives

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 23, 2015

Remember when Mitch Daniels, Reasonable Conservative, was a thing when pundits were talking about Republican presidential candidates? Those were good times. Well, Daniels is now president of Purdue. There have been a lot of racist incidents during his presidency: Last December, more than 150 Purdue...

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Banning Howard Zinn

By Erik Loomis

On July 17, 2013

I certainly have my critique of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States as a good history book, but it's power and importance can't be denied. And that's.

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Mitch Daniels to Deliver State of the Union Response

By Erik Loomis

On January 24, 2012

In case you were questioning how central Republicans' anti-labor zealotry is to their program, they are choosing Indiana's Mitch Daniels to deliver the state of the union response. Daniels is.

As Erik Was Saying Earlier…

By Scott Lemieux

In General

On June 6, 2011

I'm so old I remember when Mitch Daniels was the moderate, thinking-woman's Republican who was going to end the culture wars. This case also presents us with the classic "I'll take your money, but I won't plow your driveway" theory of "states' rights": The law,...