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The Meaning of Santorum

An elegy to his bid, in part in his own words.

Triumph of the Gun Fetishists

Oliver Munday for TIME

The GOP is obsessed with the right to bear arms. And the Democrats have just given up

Judith Warner

Have We Become Deaf and Blind to Hate?

Demonstrators chant Trayvon Martin's name during the Million Hoodie March in Union Square March 21, 2012 in New York.

We’ve made a sacrament of freedom of expression, no matter how heinous. But letting hate speech thrive leads to innocent dead children like Trayvon Martin

Dominique Browning

Sexist Bullying: What’s Behind the “War on Women?”

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Women are being attacked for their accomplishments, which only shows we’ve got more work to do

Karen Hughes and Mark Penn

How Does Michigan Affect the Lead Up to Super Tuesday?

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The Republican strategist and Democratic pollster in their bi-weekly faceoff about Election 2012

Justin Frank

Will Obama’s Continued Silence Hurt Him Politically?

President Barack Obama during an address at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., Feb. 13, 2012.

Why the President risks shirking his leadership responsibilities by not responding to Republican attacks

Jon Meacham

The Problem with Rick Santorum’s Holy War

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum during a Ohio Christian Alliance luncheon on Feb. 18, 2012

Why the conservative Catholic’s attack on Obama’s ‘theology’ hurts Santorum more than it hurts the President

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South Carolina Is a Welfare Queen

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To prevent “European-style” socialism, we need to stop redistributing wealth from blue to red states

Dominique Browning

Why Doesn't Pro-Life Rick Santorum Support Clean Air?

Joel Sartore / National Geographic / Getty Images

Any person of faith who claims to believe in the sanctity of human life should pay attention when that life is in jeopardy

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Extremism Comes to Iowa

Jihad isn’t only being waged by Muslims

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The GOP Wheel of Misfortune

Why Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum are next in line to play the anti-Romney