AIG Frustration

16Mar09

First of all, this isn’t a rant about how awful AIG is. There’s enough coverage of that already, and besides, they sponsor Manchester United, so yours truly always knew something was up. Instead of just being angry, it’s important to know why we are angry and why we aren’t doing anything about it. The first […]

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Tags: AIG, ambinder, America, bailout, bonuses, Huffington Post, the atlantic

Race (in Reality)

01Jun08

There has been an interesting understory in the news this week. It especially disappointing that it remains an understory, because in the face of exploiting another religious figure speaking about race bombastically, this story on black children adopted by white parents provides the perfect opportunity to have a meaningful discussion on race. It is literally […]

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Tags: achievement, adoption, adoption laws, America, bi-racial, challenge, children, civil rights, hate, Jolie, MEPA, minority, Obama, parents, Pitt, race, race in America, racism, trans-racial, white parents

How to End the Democratic Primary

23May08

Huffington Post is pushing a story today from Hotline blog that may provide the answer for how to get Hillary to stop drop out. It’s something that has occurred to me before, but when I mentioned it to someone knowledgable on politics, they said it could never work. Well, maybe it can: As Hillary Rodham […]

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Tags: America, Barack Obama, campaign, campaign 2008, Clinton, Democrat, Democratic Primary, democratic primary 2008, george bush, Harriet Miers, Hillary, hillary clinton, Hotline, Huffington Post, judge, Justice, lawyer, nomination, politicizing, President, Ronald Reagan, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Unites States