Trayvon Martin: Moving From
a Moment to a Movement - The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and
its galvanizing effect on African-Americans has been
compared to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till.
A Whistle-blower Who's Hard To Love - On Wednesday, Greg Smith, a high muck-a-muck at Goldman Sachs, not only quit but also did it in the way most of us plebes can only dream of: He wrote a giant scathing op-ed in The New York Times telling his bosses that they stink, Goldman clients that they are screwed, and the world that his former firm makes him ill.
So Who Are We Bombing Next? - As the dissipating shadows of the Iraq War recede into the liberal political spin bookmakers will place upon it in our history texts, our politicians are working hard this very moment by turning their stalwart and undivided attentions toward one very important problem that is now facing this great nation of ours:
Go, Michele! - For a Democrat, it's too good to be true. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney running neck and neck in Iowa. Romney having to worry about the one in five who won't vote for a Mormon, and Bachmann hiring a cadre of top Republican consultants, starting with Ed Rollins and Ed Goeas.
Democrats Can Win the Budget Debate - Having
hesitated to
fully enter the
fiscal fray,
President Obama
has at last
delivered a
plausible,
principled
response to the
budgetary
flim-flams of
the far right.
But one speech,
even a very good
speech, won't
fulfill his
obligation in
this fateful
argument.
What Happens When We Always Assume the Worst - Shaken baby syndrome. It's a horrible term most of us are familiar with, even though it only came to public consciousness maybe 20 years ago. And now, as it turns out, many people may be in prison because we got it wrong.
Politically Correct Radio
- I wish I didn't get nervous seeing black men behind me on the street. I wish there was no correlation between race and crime. I wish I didn't get nervous seeing Muslims on a plane. But firing Juan Williams won't make it so.
Drinkability? Bull Spit!
-
One thing is true of
every beer commercial you have ever seen.
It's a lie! Drinkability?
It's more like Throwupability. Or how about "Alcoholism?"
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