Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - and he’s gonna get you!

So Don Imus is at it again - maybe. The man with the face tailor-made for radio is in trouble for wondering if a football player in the NFL is black. That, of course, is racist because we all know that only black men play in the NFL.
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Racism is not subjective

A couple of commenters at Blue Jersey are taking me to task - for the act of saying that it is stupid to call the use of “scowling” an act of racism. Their proof - well, I’m not Asian, so how could I possibly know? My answer is this: I have a brain [...]

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Sticks and Strength

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Stars and Sticks: Now it’s time to play our game!

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Stick Hope

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The Man from Hope
1992 Acceptance Speech

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False Generosity and the Rhetoric of the Oppressed

If I say I’m not surprised that someone has turned Rev. Wright’s remarks into an attack on Barack Obama, I’d be lying. I’m also not surprised at Hillary Clinton’s response:
You know, you don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend. I spoke out against Don Imus. I gave a [...]

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Missing Race Completely - and a Challenge

Robert Novak ventures out of his own bunghole long enough today to show that he’s about as dumb about race in America as he is on everything else. Need proof? Take a look:
Ferraro’s specific remarks were so impolitic that there is no chance they were designed by Clinton’s campaign.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Whatever. So why is there no fuss over St. Andrew’s Day? Or, more to the point, why not get it over with and just call it St. Anheuser-Busch Day?

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Is being rude an attack?

Consider this opening salvo as part of a discussion:
What is remembered, lives
I did not agree with his politics or his policies. But I cannot agree that this is an occasion for a party. Not in the sense you want it to be.
Let the other side rejoice when someone dies or is injured. I like to [...]

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Will the Superbowl be a Super-dud?

The Superbowl is tonight. So its going to be a blitz of inanity.
Congrats to this year’s NFL Hall of Fame inductees - Cornerback Darrell Green, Receiver Art Monk of the Washington Redskins - a name, incidentally, that should not be tolerated any more than the Memphis Blackies would be. In addition: Defensive End [...]

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