Tag: Racial Issues
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Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of “The Dream Series”
What may be the greatest speech in American history led to what undoubtedly was the most lucrative week of my brief career in journalism.
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5 Questions About George Zimmerman’s (Appropriate) Acquittal
1. Did the prosecution prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that George Zimmerman was not acting in self-defense when he pulled the trigger? This actually was the only question the jury needed to decide. If the answer is no, then racial profiling, Florida’s stand-your-ground law and all the rest are irrelevant. As law professor and legal […]
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SCOTUS Gets It Right on Same-Sex Marriage — and on Voting Rights Act
The South no longer deserves a presumption of guilt on racial matters.
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Sullivan’s Corporate Masters Stab Him in the Back on Newsweek’s Cover
Newsweek, a once-important news magazine now owned by a liberal blogging site, has a cover this week offering me the opportunity to let Andrew Sullivan, a once-independent blogger, explain to me why I am "dumb." Grateful though I am for Newsweek’s efforts to improve the tenor of our national discourse, I’m going to pass.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Preacher, Activist, Martyr… and American
At church today I had the privilege of reading excerpts, from the lectern, of one of the greatest speeches in American history. I was worried that I wouldn’t make it all the way through without crying. I have a Boehner-like tendency to dissolve in tears on solemn occasions — not just at funerals, but also […]
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If You Insist, I’ll Pontificate on the Election Results
A friend and former co-worker ("hi Father Tom!") teased me by phone today about being at my day job when I could be blogging about the election. I told him I didn’t think my dozens of daily readers are parked on my blog and repeatedly clicking the refresh button. But what if I’m wrong about that?
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Rand Paul: Giving Libertarianism a Bad Name
Taranto aptly called it “a rookie mistake” when newly nominated Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul told an interviewer that he was troubled by the fact that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which Paul otherwise supported – crossed the line of regulating behavior by private businesses. However intellectually coherent Paul’s position might be in […]
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Dear Census-Taker: I’m a Conservative, Liberal, Subversive, Patriotic American
It’s Census time, and there’s a nefarious conservative plot afoot to undermine the gummint by subverting the racial purity of the decennial enumeration. The idea is to answer the racial question by ignoring the familiar black/white/Asian categories, selecting “Other,” and writing in “American.” How do I know it’s a conservative plot? Well, it’s been discussed […]
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Civil Rights, and the Intersection of Race and Sexual Orientation
Not long after the Presidential election last year, the Web Goddess and I had dinner with four of our closest friends, who happen to be a black couple and a lesbian couple. There was exactly one McCain voter in the room.
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Hope (and Ammunition) for Opponents of Socialized Medicine
Thankfully, the public "option" appears to be dead. But just in case it attempts to lurch zombie-like from the grave, I’m glad to see an increasing number of resources available making well-articulated arguments against the move toward socialized medicine.