From 'Birthers' To Death Panels: Blame It On August
Does life seem weirder and crazier than normal these days? Do you feel like you've fallen down a rabbit hole or gotten sucked into the twilight zone?...
Does life seem weirder and crazier than normal these days? Do you feel like you've fallen down a rabbit hole or gotten sucked into the twilight zone?...
Jerry Weissman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics
It's perfectly permissible to admit that you are not the repository of every minute fact known to humankind. No one expects you to be a walking encyclopedia.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
Turbodog creates a pleasant stimulant-sensation at the back of my throat that metaphorically represents the stimulus needed by the small-business community.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
The problem with discussing "issues of race," is that it dummies down the issue of racism to an individual level, when the real problem is at the macro level.
Robin Lakoff | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
Now that the Gates-Crowley incident is beginning to fade from prominence, it is time to ask about the takeaway: what should we learn from this "teachable moment"?
Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
With the four men seated at a round table with their frosty mugs of beers, and with Biden and Obama with uprolled sleeves, the picture could not have looked more fake and insincere.
Julie Farby | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
Now, not only is it possible to have a black man as president of America, it's also possible to get arrested before getting wasted.
Mario Ruiz | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
While Crowley claimed that there was 'no tension' at the table, pictures of the event speak volumes: where Gates appears to be attentive and listening, Sgt. Crowley seems perturbed, slightly above it all, put upon.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
In Glenn Beck's mind it doesn't add up. How can it be that people who are treated badly are not filled with hate?
Jim Watkins | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
Let's visit an alternative universe where the protagonists behaved in a slightly more reasonable manner during their fateful confrontation.
Stanton Peele | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Hopefully, teens will never drink. Instead, they can consume tons of corn starch in soft drinks and snack foods.
Eric Deggans | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
Gates overreacted to a cop who was trying to make sure his home was safe. The police officer overreacted by arresting a guy just for yelling at him. So why are we still talking about this?
Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
My hope is that white folks will finally get what our African-American brothers and sisters have been trying to get through our thick skulls for about half a century now: It's different being black.
David Wild | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment
I'm not sure what food and beverage will be served at today's "teachable moment," but we all know there's nothing like some good tunes to really set the right mood. Here's my playlist.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Obama was right in the real world (maybe not politically). Crowley certainly did act "stupidly." But Professor Gates acted stupidly as well.
Giles Slade | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
Nobody has the right to obstruct anyone else's pursuit of happiness. Have a brewski, and chill. For God's sake! Let's get the wheels back on the wagon.
Etan Thomas | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Do the isolated incidents in my past and what I have seen justify an overall prejudice toward all policemen?
Mason Tvert | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Just after President Obama's top drug policy official told the country that marijuana is "dangerous," the President himself was touting the enjoyable effects of alcohol.
Jeff Danziger | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
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Robin Wells | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
We know on a gut level that some hard truths are going to have to be addressed before the fractious couple that is white and black America can start to move on.
Lanny Davis | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
The president followed the classic, three-part standard of crisis management: acknowledge your mistake, do it as quickly as possible and, ideally, do it yourself and not through a surrogate.
Richard Valeriani | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid says no vote on Obama health care plan until after recess. If ever.
Paula B. Mays | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
Sergeant Crowley and Professor Gate spoke different languages in that moment in time in the house of Dr. Gates.
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
Who are the beneficiaries of what appears to be the teapot tempest over the recent arrest of an African-American man in The People's Republic of Cambr...
Michael Russnow | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics
The fact that our president won't stand behind his words when they become controversial makes me quite concerned about his future.
Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living