View image | gettyimages.com I haven’t done any kind of systematic survey, but most of the coverage (particularly broadcast coverage) I’ve seen about the conflict between New York mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD (or portions thereof) has been maddeningly he said/she said, just noting quickly that the two sides are angry with each […]
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How to Be a Walking ‘Confirmation Bias’ (Role Model: Mia Love)
It’s easy to write off Mia Love and Allen West but these very visible blacks hurt the quest for equality.
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The Uniquely Awful Role of Sheldon Adelson in the Israeli Election
In America he’s the biggest mega-donor. In Israel, he’s the only one.
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Carnage at The New Republic and Prospects for the Liberal Press
In today’s economy, newspapers and magazines run losses and the typical owner is more like a hobbyist—bored with just making money and attracted to the cachet and power that being a publisher brings.
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Cosby and Ferguson: Why Addressing Gender Violence and Racial Violence Is Not Either/Or Option
Why would you believe the accounts given by eyewitnesses to Michael Brown’s slaying, but not believe the testimony of many women who say they were raped in the same way by the same man?
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The Next Cool Thing: Great Writing From the Middle of America
Marking its first year in publication, Belt Magazine, with its focus on the industrial Midwest, is the nation’s new literary darling.
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Whither Wheeler? FCC Mulls the Fate of Net Neutrality
Whatever choice the FCC chairman makes will need the support of the other two Democrats on the commission to make it stick. Most believe he’ll have that backing.
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Fox News, Where Conservative Senior Citizens Get to Look At Half-Naked ‘Girls’
Give it a thin veneer of moral condemnation, and it’s all good.
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Why Republicans Have Gotten Away With Craziness This Year
If your particular brand of radicalism doesn’t seem personal, the media won’t take much of an interest.
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Seahawks’ Russell Wilson Controversy Shows Dangers of Racial Authenticity Tests
The ‘are you black enough?’ question is perilously close to the racist one-drop rule of yore—whether called by blacks or whites.