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Things you need to believe to be a Republican

From The Nation, a review of The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman and The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics by Jonathan Chait (and more). An interview with Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. You all know Hanoi Jane, now meet Tehran Todd: Treason is in the eye of the beholder. A review of Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement by Linda Bridges and John Coyne Jr. A review of Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals by Michael J. Gerson. Allan Lichtman on conservative big government: Whither American conservatism? From Conservative Battleline, here are things you need to believe to be a Republican. An interview with Barry Lynn, author of Piety & Politics: The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom. An interview with Craig Unger, author of The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America’s Future (and more). Is Dick Cheney unconstitutional? Glenn Harlan Reynolds investigates. Dog-Whistling Dixie: When Reagan said "states' rights", he was talking about race.