I’m not a particularly forgiving person, and “former member of the KKK” is right up there with “former member of al-Qaeda” in terms of people I’d want to associate myself with. Still, it’s hard not to look at Sen. Robert Byrd‘s journey from KKK leader to supporting the first black president of the United States […]
Adam Serwer
Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer
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Toilet-Training Watch.
Dave Weigel resigned from The Washington Post after saying mean things about some Republicans in private, but writing blog posts comparing Solicitor General Elena Kagan to a prostitute is the kind of thing that gets you invited by Republicans to testify at her Senate confirmation hearing. Also, you should take a moment and read my […]
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War, War Everywhere.
I’m in agreement with Marcy Wheeler that Jake Tapper, in an otherwise excellent and thorough interview with CIA Chief Leon Panetta, failed to get to the one of the key questions regarding the use of drones in the targeted killings of suspected enemy targets. I think even most staunch opponents to the use of drones […]
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Secret Origins.
So, I haven’t really done this in a while. Before I joined The American Prospect, I had a pseudonymous blog called Too Sense, which was named after an angry little pseudonymous zine I published in high school. That blog was mostly focused on race, but it helped me get a job here at TAP straight […]
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A Guide to the Kagan Smears
Republicans have had to work hard to drum up a case against Kagan. Here’s what they’ve got, and how Democrats will respond.
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Toilet Training.
Dave Weigel is leaving The Washington Post over private e-mails mocking conservative figures. I find it really extraordinary that a news organization would let such a talented reporter go not because of any kind of professional misconduct but because someone leaked private correspondence in a deliberate effort to make Weigel look bad. If no one […]
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The World Cup: More Popular Than the Tea Party.
I don’t really want to get into the argument about whether or not Americans “should” watch soccer, because I don’t care. I love soccer; it doesn’t really matter to me whether everyone else in this country does. But I think the paucity of soccer fans in this country is somewhat overstated. Soccer fans are generally […]
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Not Just Al-Awlaki.
Eli Lake has an important interview with White House Counterterrorism Adviser John Brennan: In a wide-ranging interview with The Washington Times, Mr. Brennan said he would not talk about lists of targeted American terrorists. However, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been tracking down U.S. nationals and U.S. passport holders who pose security threats, […]
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Justice for Oscar Grant.
Julianne Ong Hing is providing some fantastic reporting of the trial of Johannes Mehserle, the BART police officer who shot Oscar Grant dead on a transit platform in San Francisco even though he was handcuffed and lying face down on the ground with a knee to his back. Here she is recounting the cross examination […]