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A demonstrator questions the citizenship of President Barack Obama at an American Family Association-sponsored protest against taxes and economic stimulus spending on April 15th, 2009, in Santa Monica, California.
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New Research Finds Political Radicals Harbor an Inflexible Cognitive Style That Transcends Political Views

Radicals are less able to recognize when they're wrong, even in a task having nothing to do with politics.

By Tom Jacobs