Racist hoaxes shouldn’t surprise us
A student at George Washington University recently complained that swastikas were scrawled on her dormitory door. Thanks to cameras hidden by university police, they have a suspect: the student who...
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Damsel causing distress
Remember when being a woman was considered to be a liability in a presidential candidate? In an impressive display of political jiujitsu, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has turned her gender...
Black execs and red ink
After hiring his newspaper's first black journalist to hold a management position, an editor insisted that the pioneering move was not such a big deal, as I recall. Real progress...
‘Tis the season for gaffes and backpedaling
It's beginning to sound a lot like gaffe season in American politics. That's the time when the candidates become so exhausted from endless campaigning that their brains lose contact with...
Cheney-Obama connection unites us all
Lynne Cheney recently sparked a big laugh at a National Press Club luncheon with her remarks about the criticism her husband, Vice President Dick Cheney, has taken from Sen. Barack...
Snatch victory from kids’ health bill defeat
Some folks don't believe government-run health care will work -- even when it already is working. Way back in the 1990s, then-Louisiana Sen. John Breaux was accosted in an airport...
Don’t get hung up on nooses in the news
Nooses are in the news lately. I'm relieved that no one has been found hanging from any of them. All that any lamebrain has to do in order to make...
When tough love becomes brutal
Perhaps you have seen one of those daytime TV talk shows that use juvenile boot camps as a ratings-building mix of education and entertainment. Moody, insolent kids snarl and murmur...
Running mate not only job Clinton could offer Obama
As Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has firmed up her lead in the Democratic presidential race, speculation about her potential running mate is rising -- among Republicans! "Absolutely," said former New...
Doubting Isiah Thomas’ defense
As the steamy story of Isiah Thomas' sexual harassment suit unfolded, I could not help but wonder what his mother would think. The first time I really paid attention to...