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Way Past Time To Lock Up Guilt-By-Association Politics

Whether or not you are a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama, if you are a politician interested in having your substantive arguments be heard, or if you're a citizen that wants your government responding to your needs, you'll stand against ridiculous guilt-by-association...

My Father's Eyes

This weekend, we attended a local conference for LGBT parents and families, and I spoke on a panel about interracial couples and inter-cultural families. At some point, I found myself speaking less as a gay dad and more as a Black man raising two Black sons, and...

Pentagon Propaganda Still Lurks

The Huffington Post front page headline now is "Pentagon Shelves 'Propaganda' Program, but reading the full story, it doesn't seem like it's going to be too hard for the Pentagon to pick it back up off the shelf. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the program was...

Today In Issues To Be Ignored

What pressing issues facing our country do the pundits think you don't care about today? Stateline.org: 23 states face budget gaps in '09 Like a college student fishing for stray quarters in the sofa cushions, states are tightening their belts, dipping into their...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

You will not be surprised to find out that the Sunday shows failed to ask any question about global warming, the continued TV news blackout of the NY Times report on "military analysts" spoon

Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Great Moments In Straight Talk: I Can't Remember Edition

Sen. John McCain on Monday, about the lower 9th ward of New Orleans: We need to go back to have a conversation about what to do: rebuild it, tear it down, you know, whatever it is. Sen. John McCain, three days later: I don’t remember ever saying it. Straight...

This Week In Blog

Over at Bloggingheads.tv, I do a regular "This Week In Blog" feature, recounting the hot topics in the liberal and conservative blogospheres. This week I was joined by Townhall.com's Amanda Carpenter, and we discussed blog reaction to the PA primary, Sen. Clinton's...

David Broder: The Democrats' Worst Nightmare

David Broder’s April 24 Washington Post column on Arizona Sen. John McCain, entitled “The Democrats’ Worst Nightmare,” concludes with this little nugget: “Yet, in pointing to those vulnerabilities in her rival, Clinton has heightened the most obvious liability she...

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