Is White Privilege a Myth?

July 28, 2010

Virginia Senator Jim Webb urges an end to government diversity programs, saying that they hurt deserving whites and benefit people not entitled to them. This is a debate we should have, but can we?

Shirley Sherrod and the Politics of Overreaction

Obama Makes It McChrystal Clear

Surprise! Sometimes a firing offense gets you fired.

Obama and the Oil Spill: The Things You Can't Fix

The president said all the right words in his speech, but nothing matters until the hole is plugged.

Alvin Greene and the Strange Politics of South Carolina

So a black unknown candidate grabs the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. In a state where the current Republican governor took Argentine love trips and an Indian-American candidate to replace him won after fending off accusations of infidelity, nothing is surprising.

Obama's Katrina? No. His Iran Hostage Crisis? Maybe.

The president's oil spill crisis may be less about incompetence than impotence, with the same dire consequences.

The Hotbed That Produced Obama

In an exclusive excerpt of his new book, "The Upper House," Terence Samuel reveals the workings of the U.S. Senate and the young senator from Illinois who used it to his own benefit.

Specter’s Loss Was All About Specter

Contrary to conventional wisdom, we shouldn't read too much in Pennsylvania voters rejecting a Republican-turned-Democrat.

To All the Kids Out There Dying To Be Rich and Famous

Let Tiger Woods be a lesson to you.   JIMI IZRAEL: 10 Things You Can Learn From Tiger Woods.  

Big Speech Fatigue?

Obama may soon find out that he can't talk his way out of Afghanistan.

A Lil Bow Wow Never Hurt America

April 11, 2009

He bowed; everybody could see that he bowed. But the bow thing is exactly what's wrong with American politics; we are constantly obsessed with the inconsequential. The economy is in collapse, and we're waging two wars with no end in sight for either. Still, all anyone is talking about is whether the president of the United States bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia....