Credit Obama shoulda embraced
Never waste time playing the woulda-shoulda-coulda game, a wise man once told me. But I can't help but add my two cents to what everyone says President Barack Obama shoulda...
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Can the black vote save the Democrats?
Can it be? Polls are showing black voters to be no less excited about the upcoming midterm elections than they were two years ago during the heyday of Obamamania. I'll...
What’s so bad about elites?
In her continuing effort to distance herself from her own beliefs, Delaware's Christine O'Donnell is trying her level best to convince the world that she's a genuine, regular person. If...
An ugly price to pay for free speech
Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church protesters, now nationally infamous for waving hateful signs at military funerals, may sound crazy but they're not stupid. Not totally. They've battled all...
Waiting for superparents
As I pushed the book I wanted to purchase across the checkout counter, the cashier frowned as if it were a bowl of rotten fish. "Oh, that (expletive) movie is...
Rahmbo’s White House legacy
"Larger than life." That's how Rahm Emanuel's first-grade teacher described him in a written evaluation, according to a March 2009 profile in The New Yorker. Smart teacher. The man known...
Religious ignorance hurts
A new poll finds atheist and agnostics know more about religion than believers do. Maybe the pollsters weren't asking the right questions. The study by the independent Pew Forum on...
Religious ignorance hurts
A new poll finds atheist and agnostics know more about religion than believers do. Maybe the pollsters weren't asking the right questions. The study by the independent Pew Forum on...
Saving Rep. Jackson
When the news came out that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was under federal investigation, I found myself hoping in an odd Chicago-style sort of way that he was indeed guilty....
Race is making a political comeback
Black is back. So is white. Less than two years after President Barack Obama's White House win, race is making a political comeback — if it ever really left. A...