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Plenty of Stupidity to Go Around in Arrest of Gates
9 comments on Plenty of Stupidity to Go Around in Arrest of GatesIt took President Obama five days to speak out critically about the brutal suppression in Iran. He said he didn’t want to be “seen as meddling.” Law enforcement officials around the country are no doubt…
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Murdoch Apologizes for Cartoon But Says it Was Not Meant to be Racist
I’m not a big Rupert fan, but I think he got it exactly right. I’ve been involved in a lively debate over this at Conservative Black Woman’s site, btw, if anyone is interested… check the…
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Al "Thug" Sharpton Takes His Incendiary Show on the Road
Al Sharpton, and the logos of some of his extortion victims It is POSSIBLE, of course, to construe the NY Post “chimp” cartoon as a racist slam at President Obama — even though neither Obama…
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How NOT To Talk About Race
This week brings two reminders of the fact that it is possible to make statements that are both a) intellectually defensible, and b) really, really stupid. Reasonable people can disagree about whether Americans focus too…
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Next Up: Obama Derangement Syndrome
As I was writing yesterday about Bush Derangement Syndrome, Pajamas Media was preparing to post an article by Neo-neocon entitled “Avoiding the Clutches of Obama Derangement Syndrome.” Sage advice, as usual: Yes, there are reasons…
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A McCain Voter Finds Silver Linings
Differences on policy issues should not, on this day, obscure the marvel that has occurred. A man who in his early childhood could not use certain public restrooms has just been elected to the most…