After playing very little role in the election for the better part of 2007, race, racism, and racially-charged rhetoric has suddenly become one of the central focuses of the Democratic presidential race. To see this unfold is painful and disappointing, to put it mildly. Given what we’ve seen, particularly over the last couple of weeks, […]
Late Friday, the Nevada State Education Association, which is backing Hillary Clinton in the state’s upcoming caucuses, filed an interesting lawsuit that deserves a closer look. The Nevada caucuses are a week away, and the state teachers’ union has decided to throw a monkey-wrench into the legalities of the process. The Nevada State Education Association […]
It’s hardly fair to condemn a newspaper columnist after publishing just two op-eds. Maybe the columnist is just getting warmed up. Perhaps he or she needs a few pieces to get comfortable. Or, in the case of Bill Kristol, maybe the New York Times just made a ridiculous decision that the paper is likely to […]
About a month ago, the Huffington Post’s Tom Edsall reported that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign may be subtly, quietly targeting Barack Obama over his teenaged drug use. Ridiculous, said the Clinton campaign, who insisted Edsall’s report was baseless. Shortly thereafter, Billy Shaheen, the then-co-chairman of Clinton’s campaign in New Hampshire, went after Obama on the […]
Just a quick note to let readers know I’m back from my weekend off, and to extend my sincere thanks to Steve M. from No More Mister Nice Blog, Ron Chusid from Liberal Values, and dnA from Too Sense, each of whom did a terrific job in my absence. They all have great content on […]