Month: April 2014

Citing a study by Northwestern University psychologists Maureen Craig and Jennifer Richeson, Jamelle Bouie frets that white Americans will react to their future minority status with ever-more conservative leanings and angst,...

There’s a certain splendor to Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint’s retelling of the history of the Civil War. It’s almost as if DeMint and Sarah Palin are both graduates of the same finishing school for...

In his new article, “The Color Of His Presidency”, Jonathan Chait attempts to understand and explain the impact of race and racism on contemporary American politics.  The essay is worth reading, as are many of...

The U.S. House of Representatives is run by and full of howling morons. I can’t stand it. The following is now an annual event that will probably never be killed until the Democrats retake control or there is a Republican...

As Josh Holland points out, the US is dividing into two different countries as state legislatures in red and blue states pursue much different visions of what kind of society we should be. Therefore, it isn’t surprising to...