Citizen Lobbyist

Regarding Geraldine Ferraro’s comment that Barack Obama is where he is because he’s black, Chris Matthews, scolding those who were defending Ferraro’s statement, declared her wrong on the grounds that no one ever says a white guy is where he is because he’s white.
However, by the time Matthews had delivered his sermon, Obama himself had […]

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Sections

Ready for a black president
The myth of America’s racist past
Electing Obama: how the country says "some of my best friends are black"
Mythmakers
McCain: victim of the old racial gamesmanship?

Ready for a black president
It keeps popping up everywhere this election, this question of America’s readiness for a black president. A Google search on the phrase, in quotes, […]

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During the 2000 primary season, I made it a point to ask each presidential candidate in person the following question at least once:

Current immigration policy is doubling US population within the lifetimes of today’s children. Since you support this policy, will you at least say when we should stop?
One billion people? […]

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GOP Passing

A brief history of the GOP’s twilight years.

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Or don’t. There are better sources
The American public’s distaste for and mistrust of the New York Times is understandable. How else would Americans view a paper that would editorially welcome Republicans arriving in town for their 2004 convention with the suggestion they should embrace a policy of amnesty for illegal aliens in order […]

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All sing:

Now just the boys:

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Today is primary day here in Washington, DC, where the biggest local issue, perennially, is statehood for DC, and where the best argument against statehood for DC, Marion Barry, is still being elected to public office (he serves on the city council).

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The article I posted Thursday, Bill to improve health care…in Mexico!, was favorited at digg.com (thank you all who dugg it). An appearance on digg.com means many more readers, and that’s good. Voters really should have as many alternative news sources and hear as many differing opinions as possible.
Unfortunately, among the hundreds of comments […]

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The health care mess in the United States is a top concern of voters. Too many Americans find that, despite their best efforts, they are unable to provide quality health care for their families. Too many Americans live in fear that an illness might leave them destitute. Too many Americans spend years sacrificing to pay […]

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