Month: January 2012

Do Something About the War on Voting

On May 17, 1957, exactly three years after the issuance of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, roughly 20,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to urge the federal government to do more to implement the ruling . Martin...

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GOP Debate Thread

I guess Fox News is having a debate tonight. Maybe they can discuss why the Confederate Flag still flies over the capital building in South Carolina. Or why all their candidates oppose pretty much everything Dr. King stood for...

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Pakistan Government Crisis Deepens vs. Military

. Army warns PM Gilani over his criticism of military ISLAMABAD (AFP/France24) – Pakistan’s army warned of “grievous consequences” for the country over criticism by the prime minister that has ramped up...

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Some Disjointed Thoughts

Every once in a while I stop and look around and marvel a little bit at how far this country has come on race relations. It’s hard to predict when it will hit me. Last night I was feeling the warm-afterglow of the New York...

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If Centrists Are Wrong, They’re No Answer

I think the whole Americans Elect idea is stupid, but I acknowledge that there is an honest desire to move beyond the gridlock in Washington DC. If the Republican and Democratic parties were a married couple, any sane person...

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