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The Racism-Conservatism Link: 'National Review' Firestorm Over Racism Calls Up William F. Buckley's Troubling Legacy

William Hogeland, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

Did Buckley ever really renounce his defense of white supremacy in the South?

The National Review: Always Was and Still Is Wildly Racist

Joan Walsh, Salon. April 10, 2012.

John Derbyshire may be gone, but William F. Buckley's magazine championed divisive racial politics -- and still does.

Right-Wing Response to Underpants Bomber Hilariously Hypocritical

Tintin, Sadly, No!. December 28, 2009.

Obama should clearly admit that he's the worst president ever.

Why the National Review Is Wrong to Whine About Moving Prisoners to Thomson Correctional Center

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. December 15, 2009.

The NR editors are calling for the continuation of grotesque U.S. exceptionalism -- and tripping over their own logic in the process.

National Review Bedwetters Wet Bed Over Terror Trial

Booman, Booman Tribune. November 14, 2009.

The only thing they fear more than terrorist attacks is having to face up to the pointlessness of what has been done with their support.

The National Review Is Screwing Over Brave Iranian Protesters...For a Second Time

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. October 12, 2009.

Attempts at supporting Iranians will fall flat as long as the Right's paternalistic foreign policy mindset endures.

National Review Writer Takes Stand Against Intelligence

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 2, 2009.

Thomas Sowell's latest column for National Review notes that President Obama and his team are "brainy." He sees this as a problem.

National Review Writer Takes Stand Against Female Suffrage

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. September 30, 2009.

Just so we're clear, a leading conservative writer at one of the premier conservative political outlets, argued publicly against a woman's right to vote.

National Review Writers Reach Glenn Beck Levels of Absurdity

Steve Benen, ThinkProgress. September 28, 2009.

The line between the analysis offered by "serious" conservative voices and the unbalanced tirades of the nutty conservative fringe has all but disappeared.

Introducing ... the Crypto-Birther

Roy Edroso, Alicublog. August 1, 2009.

He's not saying the President's a weird foreigner guilty of treason, he's just sayin'...

National Review Wastes 700 Words on Obama's First Pitch

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. July 17, 2009.

As long as there are not real issues to criticize, or real problems to address, why not waste everyone's time criticizing a throw?

Conservatives Attempt Satire, Fail

Staff, Whiskey Fire. July 8, 2009.

Someone needs to stop the National Review Online before they hurt themselves.

Do Americans Have a Right to Healthcare?

Staff, The Nation. June 22, 2009.

The Nation's Washington editor Chris Hayes debates Reihan Salam of The National Review.

National Review Columnist Spreads Lies About Immigration

Lisa Navarrete, AlterNet. February 14, 2009.

Mark Krikorian smears pro-immigrant and civil rights organizations, wrapping his divisiveness in the cloak of freedom of speech.

The National Review Continues to Sink: 'Frightened' Frum Resigns

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. November 17, 2008.

Shake-ups at the National Review continue.

The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 31, 2008.

Journalist Jane Mayer on how right-wing Washington insiders became "smitten" with Sarah Palin, and crowned her their VP.

The Conservative Crack-Up Deepens

Ari Berman, The Nation. October 14, 2008.

All they've got left is their perennial outrage.

McCain Campaign: 'John McCain Doesn't Speak for Us'

Ali, ThinkProgress. July 30, 2008.

Either the campaign or the candidate is out of step. Which is it?

National Review Tries to 'Feminize' Obama

Roy Edroso, Alicublog. July 20, 2008.

Right can't seem to get their narratives straight/

Does the Conservative Movement's Crack-Up Spell Doom for McCain?

Rick Perlstein, The Nation. April 14, 2008.

The conservative noise machine is coming around to support him -- if it can keep its stories straight.

Nat Review Columnist: 'Those Dirty Hippies Wouldn't be Fussing over Tibet if Mao Was Still Around'

Roy Edroso, Alicublog. April 10, 2008.

More lucid thinking from Bill Buckley's pride and joy.

The National Review: Trashing Nobel Prize Winners Since 1965

Oliver Willis, October 16, 2007.

Oliver Willis: Is it any wonder that the same publication that argued so strongly against Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King now attacks Al Gore?

Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening

Johann Hari, Independent UK. July 17, 2007.

The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth and Guantanamo Bay is practically a holiday camp. The annual cruise organized by the 'National Review,' mouthpiece of right-wing America, is a parallel universe populated by straight-talking, gun-toting, God-fearing Republicans.

UPDATE: Forget the $$ Jonah Goldberg

Evan Derkacz, February 8, 2007.

Liberal blogs are paying right-winger's Iraq debt...