Politics
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Bailin’ Palin
For now, the great Republican joke of 2008 has decided to step off the public stage. At least that’s how I read this weekend’s announcement from Alaska governor and former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. What will late-night comedians do? Will Tina Fey still have a job? Of course, some time ago, I concluded that…
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Black Russians Curious to See Obama Straight Up
From Radio Free Europe: “MOSCOW — The visit to Russia by Barack Obama, the first black man to be elected president of the United States, is significant for many Russians. But for Russians of African descent, in particular, the new U.S. leader is a potent symbol of triumph over the same challenges they themselves face…
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Mr. Obama Goes to Moscow
Today, President Barack Obama arrives in Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev, for a three-day summit. It will be their first face-to-face exchange since meeting in London in early April, when Obama was in Europe for the G-20 and NATO summits. After a frosty U.S.-Russian relationship during most of President George W.…
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TV's Golden Age of Rage
This is the modern face of cable television news: angry, emotional, mouth agape in the midst of some hateful monologue. Oh, and in case you hadn’t noticed, the worst purveyors of cable news rage are all white men over 40. The era of the angry white man is officially here. There’s Bill O’Reilly, commanding “bad…
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Save Pat Buchanan!
The thing is, Pat Buchanan shouldn’t be fired. His rants, while offensive, aren’t persuasive to anyone who doesn’t already agree with him. But they discredit the notion that the Republican Party has entirely moved on from its regressive views on race. For the most part, people have been inclined to shrug off Buchanan’s unapologetic racism,…
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Happy Fourth!!!
Last week I had the opportunity to tour George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. My nieces, 11 and 6, and I spent the day learning about Washington’s life, viewing historical artifacts, visiting the mansion and the gardens and, most of all, marveling at the model of integrity and leadership he established as our nation’s…
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VIDEO: Sarah Palin Quits
CNN has details of her announcement: “Palin added in a statement that she was “determined to take the right path for Alaska even though it is not the easiest path. … Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional lame duck status in this particular climate would…
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So…Black Women Shouldn't Cover the First Lady Because She's 'One of Them'?
From the Washington Post: “While Michelle Obama was meeting with doctors and patients at the Upper Cardozo Health Center, nearly two dozen journalists stood behind a white rope in a small room upstairs, most finally growing so tired during the hour-long wait that they sat on the floor. Finally the first lady emerged, read a…
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Audio: Limbaugh Sees Corollary Betwix Michael Jackson's Death and Obama Administration
Classic. Rush went on to say Obama was also the second gunman at the grassy knoll. This is outstanding and there’s absolutely nothing worth getting bent out of shape about. At this point, Rush is just trying to get a rise out of people by pointing out a factual coincidence and come to his typical…