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Political Culture: Ayn Rand Takes a (Midas) Mulligan

Jon Cummings December 10, 2009 17

When I was a senior in college, instead of prepping for a career as a Rand-ian Master of the Universe with high-level courses in economics or engineering, I chose a pair of classes in

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Political Culture: I’ve Been Ayn Randed!

Jon Cummings December 7, 2009 24

A homework pass to the first commenter who can identify what inspired this column’s headline – without resorting to the Google (honor system!) – and can tell us why The Man is so unhip.

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Political Culture: A Liberal Reads Ayn Rand

Jon Cummings December 3, 2009 24

Objectivism is back, baby! Don’t take my word for it – just check out this cover of the libertarian monthly Reason, which offers up a freaky old Audrey Hepburn-meets-the-wicked-witch photo of the philosophy’s founding

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Political Culture: Of Afghanistan, and a Girl From Nantucket

Jon Cummings November 19, 2009 9

It was such a simpler time, that summer of 2001. Remember it? That last season of America’s (cyclical) innocence shimmers in the memory, sorta like those gauzy images of lovebirds Robert Redford and Mia

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Political Culture: The Healthcare Bill Stinks. Could You Please Pass It Already?

Jon Cummings November 12, 2009 4

Ever since Al Franken parked his rear end in the Democrats’ 60th U.S. Senate seat, the conventional wisdom has held that no matter how much of a fuss the Republicans kicked up this summer

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Political Culture: Still Two Americas

Jon Cummings November 5, 2009 13

We may not have John Edwards to kick around anymore – though that hasn’t stopped us from putting the occasional boot into his backside, has it? – but he did leave us with a

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Political Culture: Are You Ready For Some (Wingnut) Football?

Jon Cummings October 15, 2009 4

Now here’s a fast-moving story: Just a week ago, word leaked that Rush Limbaugh was part of an ownership group hoping to bid on the woebegone St. Louis Rams. Within three business days, the

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Political Culture: Seeing the Best (and Worst) in One Another

Jon Cummings October 8, 2009 7

Can liberals and conservatives still see the best in one another, or is intelligent political discourse a thing of the past? Jon Cummings combs through his inbox in search of an answer

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Political Culture: Michael Moore’s “Capitalism,” a Don’t-Like-It-Very-Much Story

Jon Cummings October 5, 2009 8

Michael Moore has a new movie out, and you might assume that a proud liberal like Jon Cummings might be filled with rapturous praise for it...but you'd be wrong

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Political Culture: Gimme Some Truth

Jon Cummings September 10, 2009 22

The words were spoken in London, casually, almost flippantly, and were directed at an audience that was sure to treat them in the spirit they were intended. It was not until the words traveled

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