From the reaction to Glenn Beck’s rally last weekend at the Lincoln Memorial, you’d think the right-wing hordes had marched into Washington to personally storm the White House. But as is usually the case, the truth is much more boring. Billed as the “Restoring Honor Rally,” the primary themes of the speeches were patriotism and faith, […]

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