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Left-Wing Fanatics Anonymous

This is a commentary greatly inferior to Tim Wise's essay on the same subject last week, but I've been compelled to write on it since the election and have been delayed by school work. I was further i...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:49:00 GMT

Speaking my mind

Tim Wise did it for me this week!Some Cyanide to Go With That Whine?Obama's Victory and The Rage of the Barbiturate LeftBy Tim WiseNovember 10, 2008My political entry into the left (and by this I mean...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:49:00 GMT

Dont cry for Nader: this year, its not his party.

I was aghast when I saw the latest Missouri poll projecting support for Ralph Nader at four percent (many others have him at 3%, so this is not an anomaly). Seeing this has truly disturbed me more tha...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:03:00 GMT

While you watched the debate, Obama enrolled new Missouri voters

Sho you right!!!!!!!!!!!!! And on Nov. 3rd and 4th we're taking off work to go out and seal the deal!!!!!While you watched the debate, Obama enrolled new Missouri votershttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Something Worth Doing

Seeing Johnny Edwards preaching at Obama's pulpit on a day when I'm engrossed in Parting the Waters has me introverting politically, spiritually, and philosophically. I've also just wrapped up doing s...
Posted by on Thu, 15 May 2008 23:11:00 GMT

1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says

By ADAM LIPTAKPublished: February 28, 2008For the first time in the nation's history, more than one in 100 American adults is behind bars, according to a new report.Nationwide, the prison population g...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Steve Kraske is so my boyfriend.

Seriously. He is always covering cutting-edge topics way, way before Fresh Air or Talk of the Nation--let alone Walt Bodine. He always asks all the good questions; I rarely hear him resort to surface-...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:45:00 GMT

Rev. Andrew Young on starting a movement

"The first demonstrations we had were just a handful of people. And back when Dr. King himself went to jail, only 55 people would go with him. So, when young people today ask me, 'When are we going to...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:28:00 GMT

"Do not turn away from these great struggles before us."

Today is bitter for me. I was really looking forward to voting for Edwards Tuesday, and I held out hope that his support in Southern states would show next week. Even if he didn't win the nomination, ...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:32:00 GMT

Pop quiz: Which candidate will realize MLKs hopes?

If you guessed Obama, you've been misinformed.And if you saw Jenee's column a few weeks ago in the Star or have read my blog on this, you already know I have for some time kept in mind that King's leg...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:16:00 GMT