Larry King said it best – “Former President Jimmy Carter stirred up a hornet’s nest with his remarks about race yesterday.” Indeed he did, because (surprise!) that’s exactly what happens when you actually talk about race in this country. White people, black people, liberals, and conservatives freak out. Michael Steele, a republican who’s black, spoke [...]
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Days of Panic: September 11, 2009
I woke up this morning and avoided watching the news or reading the (online) paper. I knew what today was and, to be quite frank, didn’t want to deal with the media coverage of September 11, 2009 – eight years after the day we know we will never forget. The problem with unemployment and my [...]