The Spirit of a Progressive: The difference between America's recovery and Britain's plunge back into recession boils down to one word.

Parsley's Pics: Fundamentalism is turning Tennessee into a nightmare of backwardness -- especially if you're gay.

Driftglass: Andrew Sullivan has recanted some of his gung-ho right-wing views from years ago, but he doesn't go far enough.

Mad Kane: White House tours have been suspended due to the sequester, but there's a (rather duller) alternative.

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Progressive Eruptions: Right-wingers' race talk is an incoherent mess of double standards.

Buzzflash: Our law-enforcement priorities are massively, dangerously misplaced.

His Vorpal Sword: Rand Paul drones on and on about drones, but his real passion is building a libertarian kleptocracy.

Tom Jacobs: It's not just talk -- liberals really are more energy-efficient.

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Mario Piperni: The CPAC / Christie embarrassment shows that the right wing still doesn't grasp why it's losing, and the teabaggers are still in charge.

David E's Fablog: A sprawling fisk of Orson Scott Card on Mormonism and homosexuality, with an appearance by the great Pat Condell.

Frank Moraes: We've got the truth on our side. Let's make the best use of it.

Liberal Values: Romney wasn't honest with anyone, even on his own side.

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Gin and Tacos: There's yet another anti-science scam out there (and yes, do read the whole thing before objecting -- this writer is worth it).

Ed Brayton: In its fight against gay marriage, the Christian Right has the support of a powerful global organization.

The Consumerist Manifesto: The right-wing U-boat Sea Quester torpedoes consumer protection.

Fair and Unbalanced: The Republicans are still out to destroy Medicare, and they're using psychology.

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05:22

Republic of Gilead: VAWA passes, right-wingers moan and whine and moan and whine.

The Reaction: With an eye to 2016, Jeb Bush awkwardly tries to straddle the divide between the Sane and Nutty factions of Republicans.

Smartypants: Obama is a lot smarter than the people who dismiss him as naïve.

P M Carpenter: Gingrich's effort to drag conservatism back to reality doesn't go far enough -- the distance to cover is just too great!

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05:22

Little Green Footballs: Here are some classy and gentlemanly conservative reactions to Michelle Obama's Oscar-night appearance.

Norbrook: Whatever some critics think, the President is not a dictator.

Lady, That's My Skull: 1960s religious imagery illustrates a peculiar view of the universe that probably lives on in the minds of today's Christian Right.

Jobsanger: Republicans' willingness to let the sequester hit, rather than accept very reasonable compromises, shows where their true priorities lie.

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The Immoral Minority: Yes, Romney lost because of the media -- media that showed us who he really was.

Liberal Bias: In the tradition of "Unskewed Polls", here's an "unskewed graph" on climate change.

The People's View: If right-wingers succeed in gutting the Voting Rights Act, they'll face a massive backlash.

Squatlo Rant: Several extreme-right groups have something in common -- the object of their hatred.

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