All JUNE POSTS (102)

Obama's Oil Spill Address Ends Up Addressing Little

June 15, 2010 at 9:20 PM

Though the president prefaced things by saying he intended to "lay out ... our battle plan," actually, aside from a few minor details most everyone already knew, the speech was vague and defensive at best, ill-informed at worst.

How Slavery Spoiled the World Cup

June 15, 2010 at 4:40 PM

Slavery hasn’t taken the World Cup from me; indeed, I still get to revel in the bulk of the happiness the tournament provides. But what I don’t get to do is celebrate it the way many of my friends celebrate it.

Besides BP, Obama Needs to Address America's Oil Addiction

June 14, 2010 at 5:47 PM

It’s necessary for our cars, our agribusiness, our cosmetics, our air conditioning, our computers and practically everything in between, and to say that we’re too reliant on it has become such a constant refrain that it almost sounds like nagging.

The Alvin Greene Saga's Racist Underbelly

June 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM

I can’t help but find all this handwringing about Greene’s win on Tuesday to be slightly insidious, tainted by the ugly stains that so frequently mar America’s political processes: racism and classism.