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Us Versus Them: The Politics of Grievance Are on Brilliant Display at the Iowa Caucuses

Jonathan Weiler, AlterNet. January 3, 2012.

In Iowa, the deserving/undeserving divide has married antipathy toward Muslims, illegal immigrants and gays with contempt for recipients of government programs.

Ayn Rand's Poison: GOP Faces Backlash for Their Obsessive Worship of a Psycho

David Johnson, Blog for Our Future. June 10, 2011.

It's dangerous for a political party to think of the public as "parasites," and people with tons of cash as "producers" who should govern.

3 Fatal Flaws in Ayn Rand's Perverse 'Moral Philosophy'

Catherine Burke, AlterNet. May 17, 2011.

Ayn Rand lived in a world of fiction, and it shows in her social analysis.

How Wall Street and the Toxic Philosophy of Ayn Rand Are Destroying Our Retirements

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 3, 2011.

Washington is talking about balancing the budget on the backs of the elderly, but the economic security they enjoyed at one time is already imperiled.

Why Ayn Rand and Her Legion of Followers Are Hopelessly Wrong

Paul Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 25, 2011.

The entire story of America's 19th-century railroad boom was the exact opposite of what Rand's ideology imagines.

Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 29, 2011.

At least she put up a fight before succumbing to the imperatives of the real world.

10 Shameless Right-Wing Tributes to Ayn Rand That Should Make Any Sane Person Blush

Roy Edroso, AlterNet. August 20, 2010.

As the evangelical Right's influence has declined, conservatives are adhering to another religion -- one based on the scribblings of a sociopath.

Studies Show Latinos Are Climbing the Socio-Economic Ladder of Success

Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact. December 8, 2009.

Understanding poverty as a racial issue, as some anti-immigration advocates do, is to ignore a host of other problems (and successes).

U.S: Air Force Think Tank Advises Against Iran Attack

Jim Lobe, IPS News. August 11, 2008.

A major study produced for the U.S. Air Force by a top defense think tank concludes attacking Iran would be a disaster for the U.S.