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• Stony Brook calendar change need not fuel rhetoric on religion

  shouldn't be a big deal, but it managed to attract criticism from such odd political bedfellows as conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). No surprise, though. In the America of 2012 -- really, in the America   Read more »

• Young: Women can handle tough-talk politics

  controversy over Rush Limbaugh 's attacks on law student and activist Sandra Fluke -- whom he branded a "slut" for advocating mandatory insurance coverage for contraception -- has turned into a broader discussion of misogyny in political speech. Unfortunately,   Read more »

• Page: Rush Limbaugh, friend to Republicans

  praise civility, but we constantly reward rudeness. That annoying fact of life helps to explain why the blessings that Rush Limbaugh brought to the Republican base recently turned into a curse.The switch abruptly came as the conservative radio icon came under   Read more »

• Summary Box: Limbaugh advertisers bolt

  HAPPENED: Several companies have suspended advertising on Rush Limbaugh 's radio show over his derogatory comments about a law student advocating for insurance coverage of contraception.WHICH ONES? They include Allstate Corp., AOL Inc., Tax Resolution Services   Read more »

• Limbaugh says his apology to student was sincere

  -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal Monday when he called the show to join the growing roster of advertisers abandoning it.The student, Sandra   Read more »

Around the web

• Politico’s media criticism, No. 4

  investigative or narrative journalism. But it also is because it often rings true, even to people who don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh — or Haley Barbour. And the imbalance can do slow, low-grade but unmistakable damage to Romney: Swing voters are just getting 6/1/12 from The Washington Post Read more »

• Jennifer Rubin: Romney’s too tough so . . . run against Limbaugh!

  peeved. It is as if a ringer showed up on game day. So rather than run against him, why not run against Donald Trump or Rush Limbaugh ? That’s what the left punditocracy would like voters to imagine. Except the strategy is as flawed as running against Romney’s 6/1/12 from The Washington Post Read more »

• Romney "Right Out of Breitbart's Playbook"

  -- highlighted by yesterday's visit to Solyndra -- is getting positive reviews from some erstwhile conservative critics. Rush Limbaugh proclaimed, "This is not the McCain campaign." "I thought we were going to see John McCain all over again,” said Brad Thor, 6/1/12 from American Spectator Read more »

• Right wing falls in love with Mitt Romney ... because they finally realize he's kind of a jerk

  After a day spent waging bi-coastal combat with the Obama campaign, Mitt Romney's team in Boston earned the highest compliment Rush Limbaugh has ever paid them Thursday afternoon: "I'm telling you," he said. "This is not the McCain campaign." To put it another 6/1/12 from Daily Kos Read more »

• Romney Keeps Swinging at Obama

  Romney, calls for healthy debate More: In defense of deadbeat candidates Follow @politicalwire McKay Coppins notes Rush Limbaugh paid a huge compliment to Mitt Romney's campaign on his radio show yesterday: "I'm telling you. This is not the McCain campaign." 6/1/12 from Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Read more »