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Last week, President George W. Bush created quite a furor when he accused American politicians – including Sen. Barack Obama – of being Nazi-like appeasers for calling on him to hold talks with nations like Iran and Syria. But I was exceedingly pleased when Obama and others reacted with swift indignation by pointing out not… Read more.
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Yesterday, in a landmark decision, the (Republican-dominated) California Supreme Court ruled that laws banning same-sex marriage for homosexuals is unconstitutional. Here, in part, is how the court justified its decision: By reserving the historic and highly respected designation of marriage exclusively to opposite-sex couples while offering same-sex couples only the new and unfamiliar designation of… Read more.
President George W. Bush has already earned the dubious distinction of having the lowest approval rating of any president in U.S. history, including Richard Nixon. Therefore, you’d think he would be mindful of risking what little remains of his presidential gravitas. Yet that is precisely what he did this week by violating the cardinal rule… Read more.
There’s no denying that most Chinese took great offense to the human rights protests that stalked and plagued the relay of their Olympic torch around the world. Therefore, one can only imagine the relief they felt when it finally arrived in China, where it was celebrated with unfettered and wholly appropriate jingoism. Then, just as… Read more.
The (predominantly white) people of West Virginia heeded Hillary’s clarion call to show the world that they will not vote for a black man even if their lives depended on it. Unfortunately, for them (and for her), Hillary’s 67% to 26% win over Obama did virtually nothing to reduce his overall lead in the delegate… Read more.
Last January, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) explained that he was so disgusted with the way the Clintons were playing the race card that he felt morally obligated to endorse Barack Obama for president of the United States. This, in turn, inspired me to pose the following question: If Kennedy’s racial conscience has been so offended… Read more.
First they fingerprinted the Haitians,and you did not speak up because you were not a Haitian.Then they fingerprinted the Dominicans,and you did not speak up because you were not a Dominican.Then they fingerprinted the Filipinos,and you did not speak up because you were not a Filipino.Then they fingerprinted you,and there was no one left to… Read more.
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