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Kaminer, Wendy, 1–4, 78
Kasic, Allison, 167
Kasich, John, 163
Kelly, Megyn, 119–22, 129
Kelly, Ray, 96
Kendell, Kate, 59
Kennedy, John F., xii
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr., 4, 15
Kerry, John, 142
Kessler, Glenn, 176
King, Colbert, 37
King, Gary, 29
King, John, 111
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 92, 143, 151
Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 155
Klein, Ezra, 143
Klein, Joe, 119
Know Your IX, 181, 184
Koch brothers, the, 4, 15
Kohn, Sally, 10
Kraft, Brooks, 133
Krauthammer, Charles, 119, 127, 144
Krebs, Christopher, 183
Kroft, Steve, 135
Krugman, Paul, 36–37
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 2, 34, 37, 50
Kumar, Martha Joynt, 132
L
LaBolt, Ben, 22–23
Lafayette College, 81
Lagarde, Christine, 92
Landrieu, Mary, 34
Lange, Peter, 190
Lardner, Ring, 89
Laycock, Douglas, 57–58
Lee, Barbara, 36
Lee, Edwin M., 52
left, the, 30, 63, 103, 185. See also illiberal
left, the
dissent and, 35, 42, 47, 57, 76, 80, 201
First Amendment and, 16, 20, 80
Fox News and, 119, 126
Juan Williams and, 30
MSNBC and, 111
Leno, Jay, 134
Less than Human, 24
Levkoff, Logan, 185
Lewis, Gregory, 57
LGBT community, 51, 54, 57–58, 60, 66, 143
Liasson, Mara, 124
Libby, Scooter, 45
liberal arts, 1, 80, 94, 100
liberal dogma, 6, 105
liberals, xi–xiii, 76, 103, 105, 109, 152, 177, 182, 289, 197–201
academic freedom and, 9, 58, 92–93, 199–200
commencement speakers and, 7, 92–97
dissent and, 4–5, 9, 18–19, 25–26, 28–33, 40–41, 44, 46–47, 61, 75, 98, 105, 117, 128, 142, 147, 177
diversity, xiii, 11, 199
free speech and, 8, 10–11, 15–16, 61–62, 76, 92, 112, 169–71
in the media, 9, 44–47, 61, 117–30, 141–43, 145, 155–56, 158, 168, 177, 201
on the Supreme Court, 14–15
“sacred cow” issues of, xiv
treatment of conservative women, 28–29, 31–32, 39–40, 99, 158, 169
liberal values, 4, 12
liberal worldview, xiii–xiv, 15, 128
libertarians, 15, 84, 151, 167, 197
Liberty University, 103
Libya, 114, 130
Limbaugh, Rush, 31, 44–45
Lindsay, Ronald A., 150
Little Red Book, 56
Los Angeles Times, 98, 144, 186
Louisiana State University (LSU), 55, 99
Love, Mia, 28
Lowey, Nita, 164
Lubiano, Wahneema, 191
Lukianoff, Greg, 7, 17, 80, 90, 98–99, 199–201
Lyons, Gene, 158
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Mack, Jessica, 62–63
MacKinnon, Catharine, 194
Maddow, Rachel, 59, 117, 122, 127
Mad Men, 39
Maher, Bill, 31–32
attitude toward Christians, 6, 61, 64–65
attitude toward Islam, 6, 10, 61–62, 64–65
Mahmood, Omar, 83–84, 105
mainstream liberals, 4, 26, 42, 44
mainstream media, 44, 74, 107, 116–17, 124, 126, 144, 151, 159, 164
attacks on free speech by, 9, 18, 44–45
coverage of Obama administration scandals, 130
dominated by liberals, 4, 44–45, 76, 107–9, 127–28, 141–42, 151, 182, 201
Fox News and, 42, 110–119, 124, 126, 129–30
illiberal left and, 147–48, 155, 182
relationship with the Obama administration, 107–17, 131–41
Malkin, Michelle, 29, 31, 155
Malveaux, Julianne, 192
Mannur, Anita, 95
“mansplaining,” 5, 153–54, 166
Man Up ASU, 180–81
Marcotte, Amanda, 39, 160, 163–65, 186, 190
Marcus, Ruth, 151
Marcuse, Herbert, 8
Marquette University, 54–56
Martinez, Susana, 29
Matthews, Chris, 34, 37, 61
Maxwell, Zerlina, 189–90
McAdams, John, 55–56
McArdle, Mairead, 70–71
McAuliffe, Terry, 39
McCain, John, 46, 65, 108–9, 158–59
McCarthy, Joseph “Joe,” 10, 45, 124, 156
McCarthyism, McCarthyite, 10–12, 123
McCartney, Kathleen, 1–3, 77–78
McCurry, Mike, 115–16, 134
McDonough, Katie, 146, 164, 185–87
McIntyre, Niamh, 95, 168
Mediaite, 113
Media Matters for America (MMFA), 112
attacks against other journalists, 44–46, 143–44
campaign against Fox News, 7, 42–44, 123–24, 128
Meese, Edwin, 132
“Meet the Blondes of Fox News,” 121
Menino, Tom, 51
Men’s Journal, 121
Merriam Smith Award, 46
Messenger, Tony, 147
Meyer, Jeremy, 199–201
Miami University in Ohio, 94–95
Michigan Daily, 84
Michigan Review, 84
Michigan State University, 95–96
microaggressions, 2–3, 5, 82–83
Miers, Harriet, xiii
Milbank, Dana, 40
Mill, John Stuart, 9, 13
Millenials, 157, 170
Miller, Stephanie, 155
Miller-Young, Mireille, 69–76, 82, 87
Milton, John, 1
Miner, Michael, 146
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, 96
Minuteman Project, 96–97
misogyny
dissent from liberal worldview cast as, 5, 25, 38–39, 58, 95, 151–52, 164, 168, 172–73, 181
liberals participating in, 8, 25, 30–33
trigger warnings for, 2, 86
Mitchell, Andrea, 32
Mitchell, Lincoln, 153
Modesto Junior College, 90–91
Mondale, Walter, 141–42
Moneta, Larry, 51
Montenegro, Stephanie, 57
Montesquieu, 12–13
Moore, Michael, 95
More magazine, 167
Moreno, Joe, 51–52
Morgan, Piers, 135
Morgan, Robin, 31
Mormons, 101
Morning Joe, 117
Morning Mayhem, 134–35
Mota, Bethany, 134
motherhood, 40, 161
Mother Jones, 31, 126
Mother’s Day, 40, 161
Mother Teresa, 64
Mount Holyoke College, 156, 195
MoveOn.org, 46, 109, 183
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 18
Mozilla, 11–12
MRA (Men’s Rights Activist), 184
Mrs. Dalloway, 86
MSNBC, 32, 40, 43, 47, 59, 115, 117–18, 120, 146, 150, 152–53
audience of, 117–18, 128–29
conservatives at, 47, 117
coverage of Ben Affleck, 61
coverage of McCain and Obama, 108
coverage of Mitt Romney, 127
misogynist comments made on, 30–31, 157–58, 161
opinion shows on, 111–12, 117, 127
race issues and, 27, 34, 36, 126
Mulford, Don, 10
Mullins, Dexter, 26
Murphy, Wendy, 191–92
Muslims, 2, 16, 30, 37, 57, 79, 98, 105, 130, 182
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and, 62–63
Bill Mah
er and Ben Affleck’s discussion about, 10, 61–62
same-sex marriage and, 60, 98, 103
Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate, 30
“My Break with the Democrats,” 23
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NAACP, 28–29, 100
Nagle, Rebecca, 181
NARAL Pro-Choice America, 38, 163
Narayanan, Sruthi, 88
Nation, 35, 165
National Association of Hispanic Journalists, 126
National Center for Lesbian Rights, 59
National Institute of Justice Journal, 176
National Journal, 46–47, 135–36
National Organization for Women (NOW), 38, 147, 150, 152, 155, 162–63, 183
National Public Radio (NPR), 30, 44, 124, 170, 192
National Review, 159
National Review Online, 146
Native American, 149
NBC, 21, 33, 110–12, 119, 129, 133
New Confederacy, 37
New England School of Law, 191–92
New Republic, 116–18, 121, 166, 194
Newspaper Association of America, 138
Newsweek, 40, 44–45, 124, 161
New Trier High School, 179
New York City, xii, 2–3, 22, 92
New Yorker, 44–45, 146, 194
New York magazine, 77, 122, 154, 160, 165–66, 191
New York State Democratic Committee, xii–xiii
New York Times, 25, 29, 36–37, 41, 44, 66, 74, 100–1, 110, 112, 119–20, 125–26, 132, 134–35, 138–41, 167, 175, 182, 191–92, 195
New York Times v. Sullivan, 15
New York University, 8, 22, 25, 81, 199
Nightly News, 33
Nixon, Richard, xi, 130–31, 139
Nolan, Hamilton, 28
Northern Kentucky University, 169
North Korea, 14, 137, 172
Not All Like That Christians Project, 53
Ntavelou-Baum, Fani, 88
O
Obama, Barack, 27, 177
comments at 2009 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 107
criticism of, 30, 33–37, 46–47
Fox News and. See under Obama administration
media and, 131–41
same-sex marriage and, 11, 51, 53, 66
Obama administration
former staffers of, 22, 54, 59, 127
Fox News and, 44, 108–13, 119, 124, 130, 142
lack of transparency, 131–37
relationship with the media, 30, 42, 107–9, 116, 126–27, 130–41, 145
religious tolerance and, 65–67
sexual assault statistics and, 193
war on whistleblowers, 42–43, 135–36, 139–41
Obamacare, 35, 47, 57, 125, 149, 151, 164
Obama’s Wars, 137
Obama White House, 9, 22, 33, 51, 177
faith-based initiatives and, 65–66
Fox News and, 7, 30, 44, 107–16, 124, 130, 137
relationship with the media, 107–8, 131–39
Oberlin College, 85–86
O’Donnell, Rosie, 61
Office for Civil Rights (OCR), 193–94
Ohio State University, 99
Okrent, Daniel, 141
Olbermann, Keith, 31, 37, 117, 156
Olmert, Ehud, 96
O’Neill, Brendan, 167–68
O’Neill, Terry, 150, 152, 183
On the Record, 122
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 158
O’Reilly, Bill, 40, 118, 126
Oren, Michael, 96
Oreskes, Michael, 140
Orwell, George, 56, 168
Orwellian, 12, 77, 134
Oslo Freedom Forum, 14
Othello, 21
Oxford Students for Life, 167
Oxford University, 167–68
P
Palin, Sarah, 45
liberal attacks against, 31–32, 155–56, 158–60
Western Feminism and, 160
Parker, Kathleen, 190
Partnership for Educational Justice, 21
Paulson, Michael, 100
PBS, 44–45, 129
Peligri, Justin, 86
Pelley, Scott, 129–30
Pelosi, Nancy, 9, 38, 150, 164
Pennsylvania State National Organization for Women, 162
Pennsylvania State University, 99
Perino, Dana, 121
Perry, Rick, 154
Peterson, Karen Carter, 35
Pew Research Center, 61, 108–9, 111, 117–18, 127
Pfeiffer, Dan, 110
Phi Kappa Psi, 188
Pinker, Steven, 13–14
Plame, Valerie, 45
Planned Parenthood, 162–64
Platek, Steven M., 175
Playboy, 158
Podesta, John, 54
Polick-Kirkpatrick, Kaelyn, 180
political independent, 22, 42, 112, 117–18, 158
Politically Incorrect, 61
Politico, 7–8, 109, 123, 132–34, 142
PolitiFact, 125
Pope Francis, 51–52
Popper, Karl, 13
Posner, Eric, 16
post-traumatic stress disorder, 6
Powell, Colin, 45
Poynter Institute, 188–89
Presidential Inaugural Committee, 66–67
Princeton University, 82, 94, 99
pro–abortion rights activists, 74–75, 155–56, 163, 168–70
progressives, progressivism, 7–8, 11, 15–16, 46, 101, 103, 112, 118, 123–24, 127, 141, 197
Project for Excellence in Journalism, 108–9
“pro-life” activists, 32, 38, 65, 69, 120, 154, 164, 168–71
Proposition 8 (“Prop 8”), 6, 11
Protestants, xii
Protevi, John, 55
Pruitt, Gary, 138
Psaki, Jen, 40, 134
Psychology Today, 157
Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 129, 170
Purdue University, 99
R
racist, racism, 15, 18, 64, 87, 182, 192
dissent from liberal worldview cast as, 3–4, 8, 23–38, 49, 55, 58, 61–62, 81, 83, 97
liberals and, 32–33
MSNBC and, 126
opposition to same-sex marriage and, 49, 54
trigger warnings and, 2, 85
Raimondo, Meredith, 85–86
Raines, Howell, 125
Rangel, Charlie, 37
rape, 166, 181, 197
alcohol and, 185–86
false accusations of, 41, 186–92
prosecution of, 145, 193–96
“rape apologists,” 5, 33, 40, 180, 184–86, 195
rape culture, 173, 179–83
Rotherham, England, and, 181–82
statistics about, 40, 94, 176, 182–84
Raushenbush, Paul, 54
Ravitch, Diane, 22–23
Reagan, Ronald, xii, 132
RealCampbellBrown.com, 22
Real Time, 10
Reason.com, 197
Reason magazine, 10, 41
Redbook, 161
Redford, Robert, 33
Reed, Adolph, 29
Reed, Charles, 97
Reid, Chip, 113
Reid, Harry, 9, 29, 150
Religious Freedom Restoration Act, 149
Reno, Janet, 36
Republican National Committee, 26–28
Republicans, xiii, 10, 22, 34, 43–44, 82, 96, 145, 158, 164. See also GOP
accusations of racism against, 9, 27–28, 34–38
media and, 103, 108–9, 116, 123, 126, 151, 154
vilification of minorities for being, 26–30
vilification of women for being, 31–32
War on Women and, 38–40, 164–65
Reuters, 133, 170
Rhee, Michelle, 23–24, 33, 42
Rice, Anne, 63–64
Rice, Condoleezza, 92
Rice, Ray, 152
Rich, Frank, 77
Risen, James, 139
Roberts, John
, 119
Rock, Chris, 77
Rockefeller, Jay, 35
Roe v. Wade, 151, 169
Roll Call, 113
Rolling Stone, 125, 186–88
Rollins, 100
Romney, Ann, 40, 161
Romney, Mitt, 22, 35–36, 126–27, 154
“roofie,” 181
Rosen, James, 137–38
Rosenberg, Paul, 153
Rosin, Hanna, 166, 177
Rotherham, England, 181–82
Rove, Karl, 47
Rubenfeld, Jed, 41, 195
Rust, Val, 83
Rutgers University, 86, 92, 99, 165
Ryan, Erin Gloria, 146, 197
Ryan, Paul, 36–37, 165
S
“Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency,” 65
Saletan, Will, 168
Salon.com, 24, 39, 49, 54, 120, 125–26, 150, 152–54, 158, 164–65, 182, 185–86
SAMBOs, 27
same-sex marriage, 5, 11–12, 49–60, 66, 82, 106, 201. See also gay marriage
San Francisco, 52
SB 967, 196
Scarborough, Joe, 47, 117
Scheer, Robert, 35
Scherer, Michael, 110
Schneck, Stephen, 59
Scholar & Feminist Online, 191
Schow, Ashe, 63
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman, 9, 36, 39, 150
Schultz, Ed, 31, 117, 153
Scott, Tim, 28, 34–35
Scripps College, 94
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 57
Second Amendment, the, 10, 154
segregation, 52, 152
Senor, Dan, 22
sexism, sexist, 2, 5, 8, 22–28, 31, 39–40, 54–55, 58, 85, 87, 119–20, 123–24, 147, 154, 156–58, 169, 172–73, 179–81
“Sexual Victimization of College Women, The,” 184
Shakespeare, William, 21, 87
Sharpton, Al, 36, 39, 192–93
Shaw, Semika, 162
Shenkman, Carey, 140
Shiffrin, Steven H., 16
Shore, John, 53
Short, Thrin, 72
Shulevitz, Judith, 194
Siegel, Lee, 121
Silverglate, Harvey, 87, 99–100
Simcox, Chris, 96
Simeone, Diane M., 175
Slate, 16, 40–41, 49, 52, 142–43, 153, 163, 166, 168, 177, 183, 185–87
Slate Group, 124
“Sleepwalker” statue, 88
Smith, Ben, 123
Smith, Billy, 162
Smith, Ceresta, 24
Smith, David Livingstone, 24–25
Smith, Shepard, 119
Smith College, 1–2, 77, 92
Smith Sophian, 2–3
Snopes.com, 34
Soave, Robby, 41
Social Justice & Equity Committee ’14–’15, 3
Society of Professional Journalists, 136
Sokolow, Brett A., 194
Solnit, Rebecca, 153
Sommers, Christina Hoff, 176–77
Sontany, Janis Baird, 155
South, the, 34–35
Southern Company, 15
Sowell, Thomas, 27
Special Report with Bret Baier, 119
Spelman College, 74
Spiked, 167
“Spotlight on Speech Codes,” 79
Stanford Law School, 16–17, 90