I hadn’t thought of this before, but it’s an interesting point that Peter Shrag makes: For the first time in the 236-year history of the Republic, no one on either presidential ticket belongs to the once-prototypical American group, the White … Continue reading →
The first thing to say is that this was an abominable act. Information on the shooter is coming in slowly, but the best we can tell so far is that he was a white supremacist who had been discharged less … Continue reading →
One thing that Romney’s supposed “gaffe” in Israel highlights (as though it needed any further underlining) is that it’s no longer possible to speak truth about any designated-victim group for fear of offending them and/or being called racist. The furor … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Drew M. at Ace’s.] Jonathan Chait offers a couple of howlers in his piece at NY Magazine, beginning with the beginning: Mitt Romney’s plan of blatantly lying about President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” speech is clearly drawing … Continue reading →
Drew M. at Ace’s points out a few things about the press coverage of Romney’s NAACP speech. At this point the anti-Romney slant of the coverage fails to surprise me in the least, but that doesn’t make it any less … Continue reading →
…Al Sharpton plays the race card for Holder.
Continue reading →You’re probably familiar with Alice Walker’s Pulitizer prizewinning novel The Color Purple. It caused a sensation when it was published way back in 1982, with its story of a poor black woman who rises from a history of abuse and … Continue reading →
…Obama is losing significant support among African-Americans, not unlike what’s been happening among Jewish voters. It may be enough to swing North Carolina into Romney’s column. Note that I wrote that Obama is losing support. But I suppose it’s at … Continue reading →
In the ever-expanding interests of diversity in academia and elsewhere, we’ve hit a new high (that is, low): Touting a move to make its faculty more diverse, CUNY administrators have broken out Jews into a separate minority group: “White/Jewish.” CUNY … Continue reading →
In a recent interview: …[Elizabeth] Warren repeatedly and adamantly proclaimed that the law schools at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania hired her as a professor because of her scholarship and teaching abilities, not to improve diversity on their … Continue reading →
Some of the new evidence about the Zimmerman-Martin confrontation actually appears to be penetrating the public awareness, according to the results of this poll: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 24% of American Adults still believe the … Continue reading →
…to take on the Zimmerman prosecutor. And he is a formidable foe: A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a … Continue reading →