Islamophobia and, 66–67
Israel and, 247, 249–51
JList and, 21–24, 161
Kennedy assassination and, 62–63
labor unions and, 138, 141
left and, 11, 14, 21–22, 24, 34, 80, 86, 161, 209
military and, 68–70, 73
Obama and, 2–3, 11, 22, 24, 35, 37–38, 88, 101, 104–7, 118–19, 142, 147, 150–51, 153, 173, 186, 194–96, 221, 251
Obamacare and, 33–36
Occupy movement and, 146–49
Palin and, 59, 61, 160–62, 178
patriotism and, 44–45, 56, 58, 60
racial issues and, 79–81, 84–86, 88–91, 94–95, 97–98, 101–8, 113, 118–21
religious issues and, 231, 238–39, 254–55
right and, 23–24, 59–61
sexual issues and, 160–64, 170–71, 173–74, 176, 178, 186, 188, 190, 194–97, 230, 233
stand-your-ground law and, 97–98
Tea Party and, 101–4, 142–43
Mediaite, 89, 121
Media Matters for America, 12–14, 24–28, 155, 250–51
Breitbart on, 4–5
bullying of, 13–14
and CAP, 24–25
and Israel, 247–48, 251
nonprofit status of, 27–28
and Obama, 4, 25–28, 247–48
and sexual issues, 173, 234
Melaleuca Inc., 150
Melhem, Hisham, 37–38
Menino, Thomas, 187
Merrill Lynch, 124
Messina, Jim, 151–52, 176–77
Meyer, Nicholas, 33
Michaels, Pat, 208
Middle East, 37–39, 65
military, militarism, 65–74, 250
budgets of, 40, 72–73
bullying of, 11, 69, 73–74
chickenhawk argument and, 68–69
cultural diversity and sensitivity of, 71, 73–74
Fort Hood shooting and, 70–71
Obama on, 40, 68, 70–72
patriotism and, 43–44, 47, 49, 52–54, 67–73
political agendas and, 72–73
racial issues and, 70, 112
sexual issues and, 186, 197
victimhood of members of, 69–70
Military Times, 74
Million Hoodie March, 95
Miss USA contest, 188–89
Mitchell, Andrea, 174
Mooney, Chris, 241
Moore, Michael, 32, 68, 149
patriotism and, 43, 46
Moran, Terry, 20
Mormons:
secularism and, 253–55
sexual issues and, 184, 190–91, 226, 255
Mother Jones, 161, 241
Moulitsas, Markos, 238
MSNBC, 13, 143, 151, 162, 174, 254
Media Matters and, 26–27
racial issues and, 84–85, 101–2, 104
Mubarak, Hosni, 40
Muhammad, Khalid, 246
Muhammad, Mikhail, 87
Mullins, Tonya, 209–10
multiculturalism, 54–58, 75
Munich (Kushner), 252
Murdoch, Rupert, 146
Muslim Brotherhood, 40, 248–49
Muslims, 17, 238, 253–55
Israel and, 245, 247–48, 253
military and, 70–72, 74
Obama and, 38, 41, 235–36
prejudice against, 64–67, 254
Musto, Michael, 196
Nation, 21–22, 44, 241
National Action Network (NAN), 85
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 58, 86, 98–99, 119
National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), 165–66, 173
National Education Association, 137
National Guard, U.S., 30, 68, 95
National High School Journalism Conference, 239
National Iranian American Council, 251
nationalism, 58, 73
patriotism and, 47–48, 50, 75
National Labor Relations Act, 135
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), 137–38
National Public Radio (NPR), 24–25, 101, 147
National Recovery Administration (NRA), 46, 134–35
Nation of Islam, 11, 111
Native Americans, 29, 38
Navratilova, Martina, 243
Nazis, Nazism, 3, 15, 19, 40, 61, 67, 72, 103, 118, 148, 196, 212, 237
NBC, NBC News, 25, 178
Martin case and, 85, 88–89
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 249
New America Foundation, 161
New Black Panther Party, 11, 116
Martin case and, 86–87
New Republic, 73
Newsweek, 21–22, 161
Newton, Huey, 112
New Yorker, 22, 161, 203
New York Times, 22, 24, 25, 31, 34, 45, 60, 62, 96, 106, 255
Ayers’s 9/11 interview in, 53–54
class issues and, 143, 147–48, 152–53
Duke lacrosse rape case and, 19–20
environmental issues and, 209–10, 218, 221
Islamophobia and, 66–67
Martin case and, 85, 95, 98
Media Matters and, 26–27
military and, 69–70
Occupy movement and, 147–48
sexual issues and, 161, 190, 197
New York University, 144–45, 180
Nifong, Michael, 20
9/11, 4, 10, 16, 29, 63–66, 104, 169, 247
Ayers’s interview on, 53–54
Islamophobia and, 64, 66
military and, 70, 73
Nocera, Joe, 143
Nolte, John, 22
nonprofit organizations, 14, 24, 27–28, 171, 250
Norgaard, Kari, 213–14
nuclear power, 214, 221
nuclear weapons, 1, 38, 40, 205, 249–50
Obama, Barack, 8, 35–44, 46, 65, 166
anti-bullying campaign of, 1–4, 183–85
Ayers and, 42, 53–54
bailouts and, 138–39, 142, 157
bully friends and associates of, 10–12
bullying of, 10, 12–13, 35–36, 54, 101, 107, 125–27, 139, 143, 156, 175, 186, 195–96, 214, 217–19, 229, 249–50, 252
class issues and, 126–28, 136, 142–44, 146–47, 149–58, 217, 220
economic crisis and, 125–26
environmental issues and, 201–2, 206, 214–22
foreign policy and, 37–43
Hollywood and, 33, 102, 186
immigration and, 101, 105–6, 118–19
Israel and, 245–52
labor unions and, 126, 137–41, 144
media and, 2–3, 11, 22, 24, 35, 37–38, 88, 101, 104–7, 118–19, 142, 147, 150–51, 153, 173, 186, 194–96, 221, 251
Media Matters and, 4, 25–28, 247–48
military and, 40, 68, 70–72
Occupy movement and, 126, 144, 146–48, 150
patriotism and, 40–43, 52–54, 56
presidential campaigns of, 3–4, 10, 12, 22, 25–27, 53, 80, 100–102, 104, 126–28, 137–38, 142, 147, 150–56, 160–61, 171–72, 176–78, 185–86, 194, 219–20, 224, 246–47, 252
racial issues and, 4, 35, 59, 77–81, 84, 86–88, 90, 95, 98–102, 104–7, 111, 113–16, 118–20, 122, 137
religious issues and, 171–73, 175, 225–27, 229–36, 240, 245–52, 254
right and, 3, 58–59, 102, 107
science and, 240–41
secularism and, 12, 225–27, 229–30, 235, 250
sexual issues and, 160–61, 171–73, 175–78, 183–89, 193–95, 226, 229–30, 233
Tea Party and, 35, 101–2, 142–44, 151
universities and, 29, 31
Vietnam veterans and, 41–42, 52–53, 71
Obama, Michelle, 176–77, 203
religious issues and, 224–25
Obamacare, 33–36, 87, 97, 103, 138
religious issues and, 172–73, 230–33
sexual issues and, 172–73
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy movement
, 8, 59
agenda of, 144–45
class issues and, 11–12, 126, 128, 142, 144–50, 153, 155
labor unions and, 142, 144–45
Martin case and, 95–96
violence of, 145–46, 148–49, 153
oil, 65
BP spill and, 216–18
class issues and, 151–52
environmental issues and, 206, 215–19
Keystone XL pipeline and, 218–19
O’Keefe, James, 23, 120–21
Okrent, Daniel, 20–21
Olbermann, Keith, 60–61, 102, 255
Palin and, 61, 160–61
sexual issues and, 160–62, 233
Open Veins of Latin America (Galeano), 39
Oregon, University of, 213
organic foods, 202–3, 213
Oshkosh, Wisc., 57
O’Sullivan, John, 44
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 62–63
Outweek, 197
Oxford English Dictionary, 58
Pace, John T., 132–33
Pakistan, 55, 66–67, 237
Palestinians, 29, 62, 64–65, 246–49, 252–53
Palin, Bristol, 161, 178
Palin, Sarah, 23
bullies on, 10–11
left and, 10, 61, 159, 161–62
radicalism of, 59, 61, 188
sexual issues and, 159–62, 173–74, 178, 229, 233
Palin, Trig, 10, 159–61
Palin, Willow, 162
Panetta, Leon, 215, 250
patriotism, 40–76
anti-flag sentiment and, 43, 47, 49–50, 54–58, 60, 75
bullying on, 16, 43–47, 49–50, 52, 54, 57–58, 75–76
left and, 16, 43–55, 58, 60, 67–68, 75–76, 258
liberals and, 45–47, 50–51
military and, 43–44, 47, 49, 52–54, 67–73
multiculturalism and, 54–58, 75
nationalism and, 47–48, 50, 75
Obama and, 40–43, 52–54, 56
right and, 59, 75
Vietnam War and, 49–54
Paul, Elliot, 47
Paul, Ron, 65
Paulson, Henry, 124
Pelosi, Nancy, 35, 44, 103, 232
Komen case and, 174–75
Penn, Sean, 102
Pentagon, 42, 51, 73, 197, 215, 227, 250
see also military, militarism
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 243
People’s History of the United States, A (Zinn), 65
Perkins, Tony, 188
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 66
Phoenix Suns, 118
Piereson, James, 62
Piketty, Thomas, 157
Pittsburgh, University of, 244
Planned Parenthood, 163, 169–75, 242
Platoon, 50, 71
Plouffe, David, 147
Podesta, John, 24
political correctness, 6–8, 262
Politico, 107, 119, 161, 173
class issues and, 143, 154
JList and, 21–22
pollution, 200, 214, 221–22
poor, 124, 149, 157, 177
class bullying and, 128–30, 136
population, overpopulation, 204–6
Population Bomb, The (Ehrlich), 205–6
Port Huron statement, 48–49, 53
Power, Samantha, 247
Prejean, Carrie, 188–89
Priest Lake, 199
Priorities USA Super PAC, 155
progressives, 25, 45, 129, 225
Progressive Talent Initiative, 28
Prop 8: The Musical, 190, 192
Proposition 8, 13–14, 33, 184, 189–92, 226–28
Pure Food and Drug Act, 129–30
Putin, Vladimir, 41–42
Qaeda, Al, 42, 74
racists, racism, race, 12, 23, 36, 57, 62, 69, 77–122, 140, 207, 258
ACORN and, 121, 137
Breitbart and, 6–7, 103, 261–62
bullying of, 6–7, 11, 80–81, 107, 109–13, 115, 117, 120–22, 169
CRT and, 114–15
Duke lacrosse rape case and, 18–20, 85
Gore and, 210–11
in history, 108–15
immigration and, 117, 119
Islamophobia and, 64–66
Israel and, 245–46
King case and, 93–94
law enforcement and, 116–19
Martin case and, 4, 77–100, 104–5, 120
military and, 70, 112
Obama and, 4, 35, 59, 77–81, 84, 86–88, 90, 95, 98–102, 104–7, 111, 113–16, 118–20, 122, 137
Obamacare and, 35, 103
patriotism and, 43, 47–48, 50, 55
as political tool, 79–80, 88, 90–93, 101–8, 113, 120–22
profiling according to, 90, 92–93, 117, 119
radicals and, 60–61, 111–14
reverse, 15, 108–10, 113, 115
rioting and, 11, 41, 93–95, 113
sexual issues and, 167–69
Tea Party and, 35, 101–4
universities and, 29, 109–10
voter ID measures and, 98–99, 104
“Radical Chic” (Wolfe), 112–13
Rand, Ayn, 30
Rangel, Charles, 69
Rashid, Ahmed, 66–67
Rather, Dan, 21, 107
Ratigan, Dylan, 101
Rattner, Steven, 143
Raven, Peter, 211
Reagan, Ronald, 29
media and, 106–7
patriotism and, 43, 52
Real Time with Bill Maher, 184
redistribution of wealth, 12, 120, 124, 145, 202
class issues and, 127–28, 136, 151
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 109
regulation, 17–18, 33–34, 46, 72
class issues and, 129–30, 134, 154
environmental issues and, 199–201, 204, 207, 214, 218, 222
Reich, Robert, 157
Reilly, John C., 189
Reitman, Janet, 19
religion, 3, 15, 17–18, 31, 47, 101, 202, 224–56, 258
charities and, 18, 235
Fluke incident and, 232–34
involvement in politics of, 224–27
Israel and, 244–53
left and, 18, 229, 236–37, 241, 258
Obama and, 171–73, 175, 225–27, 229–36, 240, 245–52, 254
science and, 238, 240–42, 244
secularism and, 12, 225–26, 228–29, 231–32, 235–37, 240, 244, 253–56
sexual issues and, 168, 171–73, 175, 184, 188–92, 196, 225–34, 237–39, 254–55
Taliban and, 237–38
Republicans, Republican Party, 4, 25, 65, 75, 117, 241, 261
environmental issues and, 201, 214, 221
left and, 12, 61
military and, 68, 72–73
racial issues and, 102, 107, 116, 118, 120
religious issues and, 231, 235, 253–54
“rightwing” extremism and, 59, 61
sexual issues and, 159–60, 162–63, 172, 184, 196, 229–31, 233
Reston, James, 62–63
Reuters, 81
Reuther, Walter, 135
Revkin, Andrew, 209–10
Rice, Condoleezza, 122, 169
Richards, Cecile, 172
right, 260
comparisons between left and, 9, 14–15, 17, 258
extremists among, 58–62, 188
Kennedy assassination and, 62–63
media and, 23–24, 59–61
Media Matters and, 25, 27
Obama and, 3, 58–59, 102, 107
patriotism and, 59, 75
religious issues and, 237–38, 241, 253
science and, 241, 244
sexual issues and, 191, 196–97
Rivera, Victor, 144
Roberts, John (chief justice), 35–36
Roberts, John (reporter), 178
Robinson, Eugene, 27, 97
; Robinson, Rashad, 99
Roe v. Wade, 173, 230
Rolling Stone, 9, 19, 162
Romanelli, Carl, 184
Romney, Ann, 175–77
Romney, Mitt, 34, 68, 104, 106
alleged bullying of, 194–96
class issues and, 147, 150–52, 154–56
religious issues and, 231, 254–55
sexual issues and, 171–72, 175–77, 186, 194–96, 230–31
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 62, 219
Bonus March and, 132–34
class issues and, 132–37, 142, 147, 150, 153
labor unions and, 135–37
patriotism and, 46, 50
universities and, 29–30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 106, 128–30, 153, 158
Rose, Lila, 175
Roselli, Charles, 242
Rosen, Hilary, 176–77
Rosenberg, M. J. “Alfred,” 12, 27, 247, 251
Rubin, Jennifer, 148
Rubio, Marco, 159
Rush, Bobby, 91–92
Ryan, Paul, 153
Sackett, Mike and Chantell, 199–200
Sadr, Muqtada al-, 74
Saez, Emmanuel, 157
Salazar, Ken, 117, 217–18
Salon.com, 44, 121, 151, 184, 247
Sanford Police Department (SPD), 81–83, 85, 89, 91–92, 98
San Francisco Chronicle, 197
Sanger, Margaret, 170
Santelli, Rick, 142
Santorum, Rick, 120, 183–84, 238
Sarandon, Susan, 149, 222
Sarkozy, Nicolas, 249
Saudi Arabia, 37, 41, 249
Savage, Dan:
bullying of, 183, 185, 240
religious issues and, 239–40
sexual issues and, 182–85, 187, 196
Saverin, Eduardo, 157–58
Scalia, Antonin, 35, 234–35
Scheer, Robert, 32
Schiller, Vivian, 101
Schlafly, Phyllis, 166–67
school busing, 108–10, 115
school integration, 108–9
Schumer, Chuck, 158, 231
science, 12, 240–44
climate change and, 203–4, 208–13, 216
on gays, 242–43
religious issues and, 238, 240–42, 244
sexual issues and, 166–68, 180
Scorpions for Breakfast (Brewer), 119
Seale, Bobby, 112
Sebelius, Kathleen, 183, 215, 230–31
secularists, secularism, 40, 234, 241, 248, 262
bullying of, 12, 228–29, 233, 237, 240, 244–45, 250, 252–56
Israel and, 244–45, 250–52
Obama and, 12, 225–27, 229–30, 235, 250
religion and, 12, 225–26, 228–29, 231–32, 235–37, 240, 244, 253–56
Sedition Act, 45–46
Seligmann, Reade, 18, 20
Seller, Jeffrey, 190
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 98, 137, 144–45
sex, sexuality, 3, 58, 159–98, 221, 245, 256
abortion and, 15, 159–60, 165–66, 168–75, 229–30
Breitbart and, 6, 261
bullying on, 163–71, 173, 175, 177, 179–85, 189–98
and differences between the sexes, 179–81, 196, 198, 244