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  • Why single out abortion unless you are trying to paint this as a right-left issue.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest 2010

  • As I marched across Parliament Square, semiconsciously falling into step with the military pace of the right-wing half of this right-left collaboration, Clark said to me: “I suppose you have heard people say that I am a bit of a fascist?”

    The Pity of War 2009

  • Traditional thinking says that teams should place fast hitters with decent on-base percentage in the first and second spots in the order, with the team's best hitters batting third and fourth, followed up by hitters descending in quality and accounting for right-left balance.

    Fiddling With the Lineup Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • Instead, Washington's expedient right-left alliance will guarantee one thing: Schools can continue to fail our children—particularly our poorest and most vulnerable children—with impunity.

    Congress Backslides on School Reform Kevin P. Chavous 2011

  • By skillfully moving along the right-left political spectrum—acting as social democrats in nationalists' clothing—the True Finns filled a vacuum in Finnish politics that stemmed from disillusionment with the traditional parties.

    The Price of the Euro in Finland Mats Persson 2011

  • Here is the classic right-left divide in which Keynesian progressives argue for more spending now and supposedly callous conservatives focus on simply slashing spending to balance the books.

    Beyond Left, Right And Center: It's About Reality Peter S. Goodman 2011

  • Here is the classic right-left divide in which Keynesian progressives argue for more spending now and supposedly callous conservatives focus on simply slashing spending to balance the books.

    Beyond Left, Right And Center: It's About Reality Peter S. Goodman 2011

  • Here is the classic right-left divide in which Keynesian progressives argue for more spending now and supposedly callous conservatives focus on simply slashing spending to balance the books.

    Beyond Left, Right And Center: It's About Reality Peter S. Goodman 2011

  • Here is the classic right-left divide in which Keynesian progressives argue for more spending now and supposedly callous conservatives focus on simply slashing spending to balance the books.

    Beyond Left, Right And Center: It's About Reality Peter S. Goodman 2011

  • A good place to start is the anticompetitive U.S. corporate tax system, though on that score Mr. Romney's critics on the left and the right-left are undermining their reform credentials.

    Insourcing for Dummies 2012

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