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Frederic C. Rich

Frederic C. Rich is an author, lawyer and environmentalist. His next book, Getting to Green, will be published by W.W. Norton in April 2016.

Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, Paul Ryan (AP/Reuters/John Duricka/Jason Reed/Steven Senne/Photo montage by Salon)

They dumbed down conservatism: How extreme right-wing market fundamentalism captured the GOP — and endangered the environment

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Please, Republicans, believe in science again: We need this climate deal, and can’t do it without you

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Sarah Palin (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law

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