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If You Own An Xbox -- Or An Air Conditioner -- Can You Still Be Considered Poor?

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. July 21, 2011.

A conservative think-tank seeks to redefine poverty, and of course, gets it all wrong.

Clarence Thomas Gets Away With Breaking the Law; Ginni Thomas Shills for Right-Wing Interests

Nancy Goldstein, AlterNet. February 7, 2011.

The Thomases’ active role in moving the country rightward should be a scandal, an outrage, and a fixed feature in our media. But it's not.

Right-Wing Think Tank Praised Ireland's 'Economic Freedom' ... and Then Its Economy Crashed

Terrance Heath, Blog for Our Future. November 26, 2010.

Any time the Heritage Foundation holds up any country as an economic example, it should set off alarm bells.

Major Right-Wing Think Tank Proposes Eliminating Office of the Drug Czar for Budget Savings

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 11, 2010.

The conservative Heritage Foundation has issued a backgrounder report urging for hundreds of millions in cuts to the nation's funding of the failed drug war.

Right-Wing Think Tank's Marijuana Policy Paper Takes Absurdity to New Heights

Steve Fox, AlterNet. September 20, 2010.

The Heritage Foundation's Charles Stimson has released a completely bonkers prohibitionist screed on marijuana. Will the think tank retract it?

Heritage Foundation: Why Can't the U.S. Be More Like Ireland?

Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future. April 12, 2010.

In the parallel universe imagined by the Heritage Foundation, Ireland's ravaged economy should be the model for us all. It's about shrinking the government, stupid.

Has Disaster Profiteering Already Begun in Haiti?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. January 18, 2010.

The Orwellian-named International Peace Operations Association didn't waste much time in offering the "services" of its member companies to swoop down on Haiti.

Heritage Foundation Dishonestly Spins Proposed Immigration Reforms as "Amnesty"

Andrea Nill, ThinkProgress. July 15, 2009.

Anyone who confuses the earned legalization with "amnesty" needs a course in remedial English.

Awesome Beyond Words: An American Carol

Brad, Sadly, No!. August 14, 2008.

Wingnut attempts at comedy are awkward and embarrassing, but they also provide hours of unintentional laughs.

Bush Pathetically Panders to His Base By Bashing MoveOn, Code Pink

Faiz Shakir, November 1, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: With his anemic presidency on the rocks, Bush has resorted to battling with bloggers and war protesters for relevance.