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Folks Getting Randy
GOP politicians and even Tea Party libertarians are running from the contagion of Rand Paul. Not radio talk show host Neal Boortz, however, who issued his own response, were he in the place of Rand Paul being interviewed by MSNBC’s … Continue reading
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More Rand Paul
I find this Rand Paul business fascinating. I happen to agree with a lot of Paul’s positions, and I really appreciate his eagerness to discuss his ideas, even if they’re not very, um, modern. He and his campaign have been … Continue reading
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Paul’s Gospel
I’m actually heartened, in a way, at the victories of outsider-ish candidates in Tuesday’s elections. Though it likely announces a new era of polarity, rancor and fierce debate in politics, it sets the stage for discourse that has been missing … Continue reading
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By the Time I Get to Arizona it Won’t be Worth Going
The conservatives of the Arizona legislature must be some top-quality racists. Only a few days after Jan Brewer signed the “show me your papers” bill into law, another bill was sent for her signature, this time a bill that outlaws … Continue reading
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What if the Tea Party was Black?
This is a fantastic essay by Tim Wise, who is, to me, the best articulator of what white privilege is and how it operates. ==== Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The … Continue reading
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Obama and Racism, the Early Days
Originally appeared in Flagpole Magazine. Folks in the South know racism. We know how racism really works. We know the coded language and unwritten laws that enforce effective racism, even after its nominal abolition. Can’t no Georgian tell me he … Continue reading
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Morans!
I am trying to focus on the sharp dressed patriot but dang it if my eyes don’t keep drifting over to that startling beauty to his left. It was the star sparkles on her sign that first attracted my eye … Continue reading
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Obama and Racism, Way Back When
Just so folks don’t get it twisted: all this racism didn’t just materialize when Jimmy Carter named it. This is a column of mine from October of last year (originally published here), written after months of witnessing Obama’s racist critics … Continue reading
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If I had some worthless suburban kid I’d definitely try to keep remarkably intelligent presidents from encouraging him to do well in school. A full 87% of Fox News viewers, which I assume is alternately country-ass racists and racists of … Continue reading
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