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Eric-Odessit, who has his own blog at Conservative Liberal, has taken the heated (but always polite) discussion that’s been going on in comments here about racism, and run with it. I won’t summarize or quote here what he has to say. I’ll just give you my conclusion: he’s right. As you read his post, keep [...]

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John McWhorter, who supports Obama, has pointed out what he sees as a profound problem with the Obama campaign, which is the way identity politics has made it impossible to treat Obama as an adult, rather than a child, for fear of being called “racist”: Yet there is an element of surprise, a tincture of [...]

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The strongest tie that binds me to conservatism is my belief that the principle that “that government is best which governs least” applies most strongly in the area of economics.  I believe that government should make a few big rules — don’t discriminate, don’t cheat, don’t commit fraud, etc. — and then it should stand [...]

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My 5th grader came home from school and told me that all the kids were saying that people should vote for Obama because he’s black. I asked, “Do they know anything else about him?” “No,” she replied.  “They’re just saying [read:  their parents are just saying] that people should vote for him because he’s black.” [...]

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The problem with Obama’s race is that you’re not allowed to dislike him simply because you don’t like him. From my point of view, irrespective of skin color, I find Obama boring and platitudinous, I dislike and distrust his friends, I find appalling his lack of practical experience, and I disagree with him from top [...]

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The San Francisco Chron has a long article about the fact that, in the Bay Area, blacks are locked up disproportionately for drug crimes, as compared to whites: San Francisco imprisons African Americans for drug offenses at a much higher rate than whites, according to a report to be released today by a nonprofit research [...]

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I have to say that, this week, when I was casting my votes for the Watcher’s Council, I had a really hard time.  The caliber of articles that the council members submitted this week — both their own and someone else’s — was incredibly high.  I kept going back and forth between articles, practically parsing [...]

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I complained yesterday about tightly constrained, programmed Presidential candidates. I can stop complaining now. We’re about to have a candidate who says anything that comes into her head, no matter how stupid. FogCity Journal, citing “reliable sources,” says that Cynthia McKinney is planning on throwing her hat into the ring as Green Party candidate for [...]

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