Read more culture wars stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30890/culture-wars.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:54:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73292/economic-fury-is-the-new-culture-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Conservatives have supposedly gotten their groove back," Peter Beinart writes about the results of yesterday's state races, "but it's not the same old groove." The candidates who won—or almost won—downplayed social issues and focused on the economy, which Beinart calls the “new culture war." Sure, a “jihad against...http://www.newser.com/story/73292/economic-fury-is-the-new-culture-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 11:19:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61825/right-fans-flames-of-extremist-fury-rich.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "extraordinary words...http://www.newser.com/story/61825/right-fans-flames-of-extremist-fury-rich.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 10:12:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59294/a-win-for-obama-moderate-catholics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbortion opponents protested and pro-life students skipped, but Barack Obama's Notre Dame commencement address was at once "the most radical and the most conservative speech of his presidency," writes Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne. The president refused to indulge the protesters' desire to "reignite the culture wars," opting for humility...http://www.newser.com/story/59294/a-win-for-obama-moderate-catholics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 7:52:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58741/pro-life-votes-are-obamas-first-target-in-culture-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats pushed Barack Obama into the White House hoping he could end the culture wars—and when they say “end,” they mean “win,” writes Ross Douthat in the New York Times . Obama’s strategy: “Engage on abortion, and punt on gay rights.” Though he made promises on gay rights, expect him...http://www.newser.com/story/58741/pro-life-votes-are-obamas-first-target-in-culture-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 11:42:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56881/on-hot-button-issues-obama-keeps-cool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has been “dancing on cultural third rails with seeming impunity,” reports Jonathan Martin of Politico. He’s gone to France and called America “arrogant,” liberalized relations with Cuba, and eased up on medical marijuana—all moves that Bill Clinton wouldn’t have touched with a 10-foot pole. But the liberal...http://www.newser.com/story/56881/on-hot-button-issues-obama-keeps-cool.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 10:56:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56153/paterson-to-push-for-gay-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGov. David Paterson plans to introduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, the New York Times reports, doing so without the customary cultivation of legislative support in the wake of laws legalizing gay unions in Iowa and Vermont. Sources close to the governor say he feels New York should plow...http://www.newser.com/story/56153/paterson-to-push-for-gay-marriage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 11:21:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47070/fatwa-against-rushdie-set-off-self-censorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens knew what it meant: "This was not just a warning of what was to come,” he writes in Vanity Fair, “it was the warning.” A global culture war, between Muslim fundamentalists and everyone else, had begun. Now Khomeini is...http://www.newser.com/story/47070/fatwa-against-rushdie-set-off-self-censorship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 16:27:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43357/the-culture-wars-college-football-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe cultural disconnect between conservative college football programs and America’s liberalizing culture in the late 1960s and early ‘70s is the theme of War as They Knew It , a book by Detroit Free Press columnist Michael Rosenberg. The survey of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry (which continues tomorrow) through the prism...http://www.newser.com/story/43357/the-culture-wars-college-football-style.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 17:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43235/congress-is-ready-to-accept-a-single-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Linda Sanchez worries Washington may frown on her pregnancy because she isn’t married, but Patt Morrison, in the Los Angeles Times , thinks things have changed. “Twenty years ago, it simply wouldn't have been possible—pregnant, single and a member of Congress? Oh, the scandal! But the culture wars have...http://www.newser.com/story/43235/congress-is-ready-to-accept-a-single-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Nov 2008 15:30:02 CST