Issue: 485
Sept 13, 2012
Guest Commentary
Catfish Politics
Guest Commentator
At moments like this I would love to be a reporter again to stick a microphone in front of Paul Ryan to ask him if he supports this kind of thing. Every now and then I come across an item that jumps off the page and smacks me. Here’s an example from the New York…
At moments like this I would love to be a reporter again to stick a microphone in front of Paul Ryan to ask him if he…
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Guest Commentary
The 2012 Elections Have Little To Do With Obama’s Record … Which Is Why We Are Voting For Him
Editorial Board
There is one other point that is worth adding here. Many people failed to understand that the Obama administration was not and is not the same as Obama the individual, and occupying the Oval Office is not the same as an unrestricted ability to wield state power. ‘Team Obama’ is certainly chaired by Obama, but…
There is one other point that is worth adding here. Many people failed to understand that the Obama administration was not and is not the same…
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Commentary
Will Obama’s Support of Marriage Equality Keep Some Blacks Home on Election Day?
Editorial Board
Before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Party released its 2012 platform. Its theme – “Moving America Forward.” One of the major party planks in the platform is its full-throated support of marriage equality. The big worry is that African Americans might not come out to the polls in large numbers…
Before the opening of the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic National Party released its 2012 platform. Its theme – “Moving America Forward.” One of the major…
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Commentary
What Does Being A Black ‘American’ Really Mean?
Editorial Board
“No, I think the strongest suggestion is that they are working for the government, the new house-niggers. And what better way is there for them to sell themselves to us than to scream Black, Black, Black, Black…” -Jonathan Jackson “We find ourselves forced into a reexamination of the whole nature of black revolutionary consciousness and…
“No, I think the strongest suggestion is that they are working for the government, the new house-niggers. And what better way is there for them to…
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Commentary
Obama & the Democrats Sending Mixed Messages about the Catfood Commission
Editorial Board
Like a lot of people, I often wonder: Do these people meet? The words of a party’s platform and the declarations of its candidate don’t mean much in the real world of political wheeling and dealing. Serendipity does not quite describe what happened the day the Democratic Party convention opened. It looked more like collusion…
Like a lot of people, I often wonder: Do these people meet? The words of a party’s platform and the declarations of its candidate don’t mean…
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Commentary
Romney: Another Person Adrift in Their Culture
Columnist
It is not possible to separate any sane human from his/her culture. Let’s start there. Some modern apostles actually taught that it is not always the best thing to tell the truth if it interferes with preaching gospel. Human cultures, to varying degrees, have similar dynamics and structures. Language structural and sound similarities are just…
It is not possible to separate any sane human from his/her culture. Let’s start there. Some modern apostles actually taught that it is not always the…
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