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Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig is an opinion writer at The Atlantic and a former reporter-researcher at The New Republic.

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December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
In another win for the PC police, Fox News suspends a contributor for calling Obama a “p***y.”
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Staples-Office Depot merger has been blocked for the sake of corporate customers.
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Gun sales surge after San Bernardino.
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Despite much crying and pettiness from the governor’s office, twelve Syrian refugees are set to arrive in Texas today.
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Obama backs gun control as a counter-terrorism strategy.
December 7, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
In his prime-time address to the nation, Obama comes out hard against Islamophobia: ISIS “does not speak for Islam.”
December 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Bill Maher offers searing hot take on San Bernardino shooting: Religion did it.
December 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Texas withdraws request for temporary restraining order against Syrian refugees.
December 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Tiny Elijah Wood bravely weighs in on investigation of Turkish doctor accused of comparing President Erdogan to Gollum.
December 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Death-by-assault rates are highest in the South and especially high in Louisiana.
December 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
For gun executives, mass shootings equal profits.
December 3, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Real Problem With Politicians’ Post-Massacre Prayers
Republican candidates responded to the San Bernardino mass shooting with "thoughts and prayers," but not for those who need it most: themselves
December 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Action versus prayer: The 2016 candidates respond to the San Bernardino shooting.
December 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Journalist held captive by ISIS for ten months has a plan for beating them once and for all.
December 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Details about Robert Lewis Dear's religious beliefs are emerging, and they're a nightmarish theological mess.
December 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Paul Ryan has a beard now.
December 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Roots of Pro-Lifers’ Dangerous Rhetoric
There is a better way to talk about abortion.
November 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Hillary Clinton's holiday gift guide, like her campaign, has something for everybody.
November 30, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Fox News jams its don't-politicize-shootings line into coverage of an obviously political shooting.
November 25, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Thanksgiving Food Is Bad
An interview with author Matthew Gavin Frank on the drawbacks of everyone's favorite food-centered holiday.

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