Month: May 2008

Far too much attention has been paid to race, gender, and class in this election process, but it has exposed certain fault lines, as well as winners and losers, within the Democratic coalition. FDR built his ruling majority on...

One thing that last night made clear is that the only viable solution is to propose a joint ticket with Clinton on top, Obama as VP. It’s as clear as day. Okay…I admit it…that’s delusional. But some...

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeI did part of my growing up in West Virginia where my father mined coal out of the hills – so did my uncles and my grandfather. It is...

Anti-Zionist Jews are not and do not claim to be any more authentic or representative than any other Jews, nor is their protest against Israel any more valid than a non-Jew’s. But “If I am not for myself”, then...

Thanks to Sarah Lane at EENR for supplying the links in this entry. When the Supreme (Kangaroo) Court upheld an unconstitutional poll tax last week that was passed in the form of a voter suppression law in Indiana, some people...