Tag Archives: Race

Poison from Austria

If the public outpouring of mourning for the loss of fascist sympathizer Jörg Haider were not enough to injure your esteem for contemporary Austrian public affairs, here’s another such moment. Klaus Emmerich, the highly esteemed former editor of Austria’s state … Continue reading

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The Realism of Ward Connerly

Good Magazine takes a lengthy look at the always fascinating Ward Connerly, and his struggle to end Affirmative Action in the United States. While he continues to be vilified by the defenders of “positive discrimination” and as his ballot initiatives … Continue reading

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Two Voters

David Gergen is the latest to detect hidden racist messages in McCain advertising. I’d say that there’s two types of voters on this issue. The sort who sighs at an “obvious” effort to invent an artificial racism for McCain, and … Continue reading

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Running Against the New York Times

Perhaps Mr. Riley’s allegation in Newsday that the McCain “Celeb” ad exposed some sort of crypto-racist subterfuge, is more widely shared among Obama’s media advocates than one might have assumed. For the queen of that kingdom evidently shares the sentiment: … Continue reading

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Campaign Racism

ABC’s Jake Tapper thinks it’s primarily being leveled by Democrats. There’s a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he’s condemned it. What I have not seen is it come … Continue reading

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Let’s NOT talk about race

So I’m going down the page at Instapundit and find a link to this story about an Obama delegate that was asked to quit. Why? On Saturday, two neighbor children were playing in the tree next-door to her house. Ramirez-Sliwinski … Continue reading

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Take It Away, Shay

Two funerals in a week. Work commitments. Continuing education. Coverage of a junior bridge tournament. Who has time to blog? Fortunately, my (younger) friend Shay is like the U.S. Postal Service: come rain or shine, she does it! Millions of … Continue reading

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Obama’s Demographic Conquest

photo: Talatu-Carmen Tony Harnden: “Initially, it was said just young people voted for Obama. Then it was young people and affluent white. Then it was young people, affluent whites and black people. Then it was young people, affluent whites, black … Continue reading

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Good Intentions; Frightening Results

  This morning, I read a column from the Wall Street Journal about race. Just when we thought we’d heard everything from the diversity police, here they come trying to prescribe even the color of charity. The California Assembly last … Continue reading

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Hillary & Identity Politics

In expressing consternation that women on the Left could support Hillary Clinton solely on grounds of her gender, Bookworm notes that identity politics –the idea that a person’s innate factional qualities (race, gender, ethnicity, etc) confer immutable political values– is … Continue reading

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