Bookworm on Jan 31 2013 | Filed under: Constitution
Tweet Fellow Weasel Watcher Greg, at Rhymes with Right, came up with a good poster likening every woman’s right to have a gun to a black woman’s right to sit anywhere she wants in the bus. That poster, combined with a discussion I had with some young ‘uns about the Bill of Rights got me [...]
Bookworm on Jun 29 2012 | Filed under: Constitution, Government, Judges
Tweet [UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, there is now reason to believe that Roberts issue his opinion for the wrong reasons, not the right ones. If I were to rewrite this post today, I would be less charitable to the man. Nevertheless, putting aside Roberts' motives, I stand by the substance of my post, [...]
Bookworm on Mar 23 2012 | Filed under: Media matters, Race
Tweet Sequestered here on the Left Coast I hadn’t paid any attention to the Trayvon Martin murder. Today, though, it forced itself into the forefront of my brain. As the media spins the story, it’s a horrific case of a very wholesome, very young black man cruelly executed in a “safe,” “white” neighborhood by a [...]
Bookworm on Oct 17 2010 | Filed under: Government
Tweet Civil rights are much discussed lately, primarily because Progressives with bully-pulpits are furious that Glenn Beck held a rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous civil rights rally at that same location. To hear them tell it, in the wake of the “Civil Rights Movement,” civil rights [...]
Bookworm on Dec 26 2009 | Filed under: African-Americans
Tweet I just returned from seeing Disney’s latest release, The Princess and the Frog. Looked at purely from an entertainment standpoint, the movie is a delight. The hand drawn animation is imaginative and, at times, exquisitely beautiful. When the Bayou lights up at sunset with fireflies, every little girl in the audience emits a rapturous [...]
Bookworm on May 11 2008 | Filed under: John McCain
Tweet One of Mr. Bookworm’s colleagues asked for my opinion of the “10 Things” list MoveOn.org did attacking John McCain. I fired off an email in response that is not polished (and is a little disorganized), but I think it hits the main points. What do you think? 1. John McCain voted against establishing a [...]
Bookworm on Mar 21 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Government
Tweet I found myself in the car yesterday afternoon listening for perhaps the 30th time to an episode of Avatar being played on the car DVD. I happen to think that Avatar is a rather unusually good kids’ show. Since this was routine car pooling, with the same passel of tired and cranky kids getting [...]
Bookworm on Feb 13 2008 | Filed under: African-Americans, Anti-Semitism, Identity politics, Jews
Tweet My post title imagines what I bet a lot of the older generation of Jewish Americans will think when they learn about the latest campaign tactics from the party that knows how to do identity politics. Steve Cohen, whose name is a giveaway as to his Jewishness, is running for reelection in Tennessee’s 9th [...]
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