by admin | May 4, 2007 | Democracy |
“Poverty” “Inequality” Actually, this isn’t quite true. “Poverty” appears twice–once in reference to the Congo, and another time in reference to children without fathers in the home. Inequality doesn’t appear at all. I don’t plan to support Clinton, so I don’t even...
by admin | May 4, 2007 | Neoliberalism |
I got this story from Prometheus6. Ignatius’ central argument here is based on something he picked up from IR specialists in political science–over time multi-polarity becomes stable, in some ways as stable as a bi-polar world with only two superpowers. But that...
by admin | May 3, 2007 | Democracy |
See today’s Washington Post article. There’s a whole bunch of stuff we talk about routinely in barbershops. But for some reason the only thing that comes out as “courageous” and “authentic” is the stuff that points to black people as the root of our problems. Now...
by admin | May 1, 2007 | Crime and Punishment, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Read this. Then see this. I want to believe that in an era of overflowing prisons people have finally realized that perhaps punitive approaches to confinement do more harm than good. And I’m glad that homeboy is getting off with a little more than time served. But...
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