Implicit Race Bias and the 2008 Presidential Election: Much Ado About Nothing? Source: PENNumbra (University of Pennsylvania Law Review) The election of Barack Obama marks a significant milestone for race relations in our nation—on this much our debaters agree. The meaning of this milestone for th...

When Van Jones speaks, people listen. Whether it’s a public library full of unemployed high school drop-outs, an audience of environmentalists at San Franciso’s Green Expo, or a board meeting of Wall Street big shots. And it’s not just due to his piercing brown eyes and boyish charm (sorry, la...

The above headline isn’t even half of it. After the attacks were known to all, James Carville told assembled Washington reporters at a hotel conference room breakfast where Carville and Democratice pollster Stanley Greenberg spoke(photo is from the May 20, 2004 Christian Science Monitor) to &#...

In this final installment of this mini-series, we divert from the Book of Deuteronomy. "'Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.' So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked him ...

While I applaud the intent of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s effort to “grade” the 50 states in the U.S. on their mental health care, the problem with such reports is that they are out-of-date and virtually useless from the moment they are published. The problem with the...

UPDATE : Daphne Eviatar has an excellent long article on this topic. Please read. Daphne Eviatar in the Washington Independent : Thomas Frank has a terrific op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, praising President Obama’s recent presidential memorandum declaring the end of an era of unrestrained...

A majority of Florida’s Cuban-Americans, including many former hard-liners, have come to oppose a U.S. embargo strategy that has proved futile over the decades. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries March 11, 2009 Bill Puts Brakes on Mexican Trucks March 11, 2009 Sanford and ‘Some’ M...

At least I hope so: it seems to happen too often that Obama takes a conservative position. Mike Lillis of the Washington Independent has the latest: Official negotiations among United Nations members begin today in Vienna over a U.N. declaration to guide global drug policy for the next decade. As we...

We’ve definitely hit hard times when even the super villains need bailout money. By the way, if you don’t immediately recognize the actor under the bald pate, that’s John Hamm,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

Below is a video we’ve all seen: Speaker Pelosi, in February 2007, denying that she or anybody in her office demanded the DOD provide her with a larger plane than the ones already provided to meet her personal-use demands. “I have never asked for any larger plane….We’ve never ask...