by admin | Oct 25, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy |
I’m blessed to have a job that pays me no matter what I do. Some people don’t have that luxury, at least not in the United States. But some states have fairly liberal laws regarding employers and voting. I’ve lived in Michigan, Missouri, and...
by admin | Oct 24, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Gender and Politics, Racial Politics, The Mass Media, Urban Politics
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IszjevYoS6A[/youtube] Many of us thought this story sounded funny when it was first reported. And Prof. Lacewell is right to note that things have changed a great deal since the Susan Smith hoax (and incidentally the Carol...
by admin | Oct 24, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Obama, Racial Politics |
Police have prepared for riots in cities with large black populations if Obama is not elected. Or at least that’s what I’ve heard, directly and indirectly. I don’t buy this. Poking around the best I could find was this article from the United...
by admin | Oct 22, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Democracy, Neoliberalism, Obama |
Cobb offers a cute strategy with a little under two weeks left. But what if he’s got the frame all wrong? GOP elites have to be familiar with the same numbers I am. They show clearly that Obama has a close to $40 million more than McCain (taking the GOP and DNC...
by admin | Oct 22, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Education, Obama |
My daughter’s American government teacher called Obama a socialist in her class today. Friday? I’m dropping the hammer. I haven’t talked about it much but this past September we made the decision to send all of our kids to school. It was a hard...
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