Month: March 2015

(One in a series of posts on George Fredrickson’s 2002 book, Racism: A Short History.) Ancient Greeks “distinguished between the civilized and the barbarous”; Romans between slaves and citizens; Christians and...

M was smart.  My high school graduating class valedictorian.  We knew each other, but other than gym, she wasn’t in any of my classes.  Only once did we have a one-on-one conversation and that was in our...

Unfortunately, there are parents in the world who take their children to see Sen. Ted Cruz without warning them that his apocalyptic bullshit is just a scam to scare the rubes. The result is predictable. Tampa Bay Times...

To attempt a short formulation, we might say that racism exists when one ethnic group or historical collectivity dominates, excludes or seeks to eliminate another on the basis of differences that it believes are hereditary and...

ECB building €1.3bn protest Blockupy   10k protesters attracts at least 10k police!! Official opening will been off limits for the press, only representatives of accredited press agencies will get permits to cover...