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Not this again. There is obviously not enough going on in the world for Newsweek magazine this week because once again Sarah Palin is on the cover. Palin, the former governor of Alaska and the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee was also on the cover of Newsweek back in November 2009, in running shorts. This time she is featured as "Saint Sarah: What's Palin's appeal to conservative Christian women says about feminism and the future of the religious right" in Newsweek's June 21 issue. Palin is depicted with halo on the cover for the story written by Lisa Miller, which attempts...

Leave it to a liberal to put into words what makes Palin so special and why so many of us Christian women love her and fiercely pray for her. There are several threads up already linking to the article, but here are some of the best excerpts: When asked why she loves Sarah Palin, a conservative Christian woman will point you to Proverbs 31. There, you'll find a wife and mother who adores her husband, works the fields, rises before dawn, "makes her arms strong," feeds the poor, helps the needy, has a head for business, and wears beautiful clothes....

Liberals’ Five Favorite Republicans Democrats have broken up with the Olympia Snowes and Christie Whitmans of old. But even in this polarized political moment, there are five Republicans they have learned to love. By Annie Lowrey Newsweek Web Exclusive Mar 15, 2010 In today's hyperpartisan political climate, liberals—especially far-left progressives—have turned on the more moderate conservatives they once loved. Christie Whitman? A failure as chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. Olympia Snowe? A lost cause and waste of time in the health-care-reform fight. Arlen Specter? Well, now he's a Democrat, and not the base's favorite one. You don't see the...