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Republican Party Identity Politics: A Lesson from the Failed Scozzafava Campaign

The GOP should know by now that conservatives aren't interested in pandering.

PJM Political: Lileks Returns; Lamar Ponders The New Enemies List

The triumphant return of the Bard of Minnesota; Sen. Lamar Alexander flashes back to the days of Nixon. Plus, are the Taliban using heroin as a weapon?

PJM Political 10/31/09: Lileks Returns; Lamar Ponders The New Enemies List

Tune in each Saturday to Sirus-XM’s POTUS channel (#110 on Sirius, #130 on XM) at (all times eastern) 6:00 am, 12:00 pm, 6:00 pm, and Sunday at midnight (also eastern time zone) for the weekly edition of Pajamas Media’s PJM Political!

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Join host Steve Green of VodkaPundit.com for a snapshot of Washington and beyond:

• Host Stephen Green of Vodkapundit.com interviews Scott Ott of Scrappleface.com, and Bill Whittle of PJTV.com on the future of newspapers.
• Glenn Reynolds interviews Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN).
• From the latest segment of PJTV.com’s National Security Review, Bill Whittle talks with Cliff May, President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Austin Bay, co-author of A Quick & Dirty Guide To War, about claims by Gerald Posner in The Daily Beast.com that the Taliban and Al Qaeda are using heroin as a weapon in Afghanistan.
• Pajamas CEO Roger L. Simon and fellow Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Lionel Chetwynd talk with Thor Halvorssen, the founder of the Moving Picture Institute on the high tech future of film distribution.
• Back after after his exclusive three week tour of Europe, Scandinavia and the subcontinent, James Lileks (seen above in his Halloween guise of Minimus Lilekus) returns for another round of Five Questions With James Lileks!
• Produced by Ed Driscoll.

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And the CNN Slogan Contest Winners Are …

Which readers came up with the best catchphrase for the network suffering from droopy ratings?

Don’t Leave It to the BNP to Stand Up for Britain

The British National Party offers little more than Holocaust denial and far-left economic policies that would ruin the UK.

More Conservatives, But No Republicans

The Republican Party needs to redefine itself as conservative.

Why This Liberal Democrat Wants Corzine to Lose in New Jersey

I don't want people like the New Jersey governor buying the Democratic Party.

Olympic Committee or Athletic Nanny State?

The Olympics should entertain and inspire athletic excellence — not preach morals or climate change.

Blogging Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals: Prologue

Alinsky begins with his nihilist, self-absorbed picture of society. (Read part one of this series here.)

Zelaya Wins, Honduras Loses (Updated Nov. 4)

Due to tremendous pressure applied by the United States Department of State, Zelaya is on the road to reinstatement as president of Honduras.