Author: TerranceDC

Race & Reality, Pt. 1

Tim Wise says what I was thinking a few weeks ago: What if the tea party was black? Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the...

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If they Could turn Back Time, Pt. 1

You hear it all the time, these days. Tea baggers, militia members and various other conservatives all that to "take their country back." My usual response was to ask just how far back they want to go. I used to think...

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Why Regulate When You Can Masturbate?

How, many people have asked since news broke about Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion ponzi scheme, could regulators have let such a blatant criminal slip through their fingers? We know, now. The Securities and Exchange...

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Thank You, Dorothy Height

Living and working in Washington, it’s not unusual to run in to famous people. No, not "movie star famous." At least not most of the time. But people who hold important positions or people whose work and actions...

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So Much for “Law and Order” Conservatism

There’s one thing slightly less shocking than the arrest of nine members of the Hutaree Christian militia for plotting to plotting to kill law enforcement officers (with IEDs). That’s conservative bloggers coming to...

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