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The Public Eye, Summer 2009

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From Movements to Mosques, Informants Endanger Democracy

In February, 2009, members of the Islamic Center of Irvine learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had hired Craig Monteilh, a 46-year-old fitness instructor and convicted con man, to infiltrate their mosque and keep it under…

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Remembering the New Right

Political Strategy and the Building of the GOP Coalition
A color image of Paul Weyrich, a black and white image of Morton Blackwell, and a color image of Richard Viguerie.

When the Washington Post ran an obituary for Paul Weyrich on its front page last December, the casual reader could be forgiven for not recognizing the name. But those who followed conservative politics inside Washington probably approved of the…

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Battle over Labor Law Reform Shows True Power of the Right

A sign that says "On strike for living wages"

Some people may enjoy watching the Right thrash around trying to find its way in the Obama Age, but I take the election results and their aftermath as a sign of a country dangerously divided. There really was a stark difference in the major party…

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