Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
In a thrillingly ironic turn of events, a shorter version of this essay was originally commissioned by the opinion page of the Washington Post and then rejected because it was deemed too critical of Islam.
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Washington Post Article on Bush Aides Is Press Release in Disguise
I didn't know the Washington Post ran press releases on its front page. But clearly, actual journalism was not practiced in Friday's interview with Joshua Bolton and Stephen Hadley.
Tower of Babel?
We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers.
A Dream Obtained: The Future of Black Politics
With the election of 2008 demonstrating how far this country has progressed with issues such as sexism and racism, it should be interesting to see if America will respond any differently to a Commander-in-chief of color.
The Exotic Card and That Minority Thing
I have to tell you, it gets tiring running from show to show and from outlet to outlet trying to point out the media's own myopia let alone that of sensitive folk like Rush Limbaugh and Lynn Westmoreland.
Arbiters of Taste
Here are some of my "likes" that are not for everyone or anyone, just me. I have been very fortunate in having been exposed to so many things, and nevertheless I do like what I like.
Cheney's Confession Should Lead to Criminal Investigation of Bush's Torture Policies
If the Bush administration would have at least acted like they might have done something wrong, maybe we could have moved on. But if Cheney is going on national TV to endorse torture, he has tied the hands of the country.
Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds ...
The California Supreme Court has overturned that state's ban on gay marriage. Is marriage a legal right or a sacred rite? Should the state be involved in marriage? Should religious institutions?
The Washington Post Picks Obama's Cabinet (Even if They Don't Know It)
I predict a fascinating story in the Washington Post foreshadows Barack Obama's choice as Secretary of State. I just have a hunch. Credit me if it happens.
Shocking Racism at Palin Rally: Al Jazeera Report Starts Controversy
On October 12, one of our reporters interviewed people attending a Sarah Palin rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio. It was raw and it was real.
L.A. Times: Turn Off Your Presses
Why not go ahead and turn off the presses and the trucks and turn the LA Times into a pure news enterprise, disaggregated from its production and distribution businesses?
After Buyouts, The Goodbyes: Washington Post Staffers Gather For A Bittersweet Send-Off
"They Took the Cash, Now Watch Them Get Smashed," read the invite from a clutch of Washington Post reporters hoping to fete 100-plus newsroom cronies who took what may be the sweetest get-the-hell-out retirement deal in American journalism today.
Congress Bails out Those Who Shower Before Work, but not Those who Shower After Work
Detroit is a place where workers are unionized; Wall Street is not. And right-wing Republicans and conservative pundits have made it clear they want the union workers to suffer.
Romney & Me
After the Today Show used video clips of me talking (ranting, to some) about the racist history of the Mormons as a lead-in to Matt Lauer's interview of Mitt Romney, I feel compelled to clarify the obvious.
Kids are Killing the Planet!
Little did I realize, but apparently, I am on the verge of destroying Mother Earth. So what's my crime? My husband and I are contemplating having a third child.
"You're Either With Us or You're With the Status Quo": Privatization Supporters Push Obama to Pick Their Kind of Education Secretary
Wrap your arms around the testing mania of Joel Klein, or you're soft on accountability. Embrace Michelle Rhee's nuclear approach to administering schools, or you're a status quo-hugging wuss.
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I thought the republicans were the tight party... guess all that b*!% F *%$&#* with the Saudi's (I mean hand holding) Loosened Ole George's administration up so much they couldn''t even keep their hands on the chump change. WOW lives murdered and dismembered( US Military and all the Iraqis) fortunes squandered, countries blown to smithereens. For George Bush's LIES, upon LIES, upon LIES
The Hague awaits all who aided and abetted the war crimes of the GW Bush presidency.
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