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• • 03 Jan 09
  • 8:58 pm

  *Yawn* The farce of so-called women's issues is why Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin was lampooned as something only a breeding male could love. Many women did not support Clinton because they saw her through the values of their own lives. Many other women could not treat Palin with any recognition of the skill it took to become governor because they saw her through the values of their own lives. Many women who identify themselves as Black or African-American and married similary identified men could not support Clinton or Palin because they saw the values of their own …

  Posted to Invisible Women

• • 10 Aug 08
  • 9:01 pm

  For years, I have asked people online what they mean by progressive. I have not asked people this question offline as much, simply because the progressive movement seems to thrive mainly online or in a small group of self-interested political insiders. The flower power of the 1960's may only have been experienced in a few select communities, but the essence of breaking free from the restraints of a suburban male-goes-to-work / woman-stays-at-home society was widespread. The progressive movement, so far as I can tell, seems to emphasize that computers are our friends and we should live life tied to them. Now, …

  Posted to Does a Nationwide 'Progressive Movement' Actually Exist?

• • 16 Feb 08
  • 4:46 am

  At least this put down of candidates other than Barack Obama is labeled as a viewpoint instead of masquerading as a news story. It should carry a disclaimer, however, because this opinion piece could have been taken directly from an Obama campaign play book.

  Posted to The Candidate of the Permanent Will

• • 14 Feb 08
  • 5:28 pm

  I disagree with wolf that race is not an issue in America today. I do not disagree that guilt over slavery is non-existent, or at least very rare. Slavery happened. The enslaved were Africans. The history of the African slave trade has helped motivate nations to fight current practices of human trafficking and slavery. Racism exists in America on an individual basis, just as do many other biases. Someone could easily vote for a Black person to be president but still not want to have a neighbor on the same block who is Black. The word Black can be substituted for …

  Posted to How Black is Obama?

• • 11 Feb 08
  • 6:07 am

  This essay is an example of how something can appear balanced but is definitely slanted towards Obama. First, the candidate is Hillary Clinton, not the Clintons. Yes, having a former president as a spouse means the media will cover him with a lot more interest than the media covers wives of other candidates who have not yet earned the publicity level accorded a presidential family. Nevertheless, that is the media's decision to cover him and the Clinton campaign is using that desire to its advantage, albeit with some challenges. Secondly, a senator representing his or her state's voters will vote for …

  Posted to The Democrats' Class War