Outside congress we have the grassroots tea party movement showing their true colors. They shouted "nigger" at Rep. John Lewis and "faggot" at Rep. Barney Frank. Inside our capitol we have duly elected officials shouting "baby killer ( Read more... )

I am deeply against the automaker bailout. I was going to support it if the automakers dropped their lawsuits against CA and other states, but it looks like that provision has been removed from the bailout ( Read more... )

I was taught in Chicago schools as a child. There I learned to love the writers who wrote about the black experience. Those bitter stories of hate and hope spoke to me and reflected the world I saw around me. The Harlem Renaissance was my window to our country ( Read more... )

Kerrvile's Robert Hurt has inspired me to reconsider my decorating choices."You don't have nude art on your front porch," he explained. "You possibly don't have nude art in your living rooms. So why is it important to have that in the common places of Washington, D.C ( Read more... )

The political Compass test

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So, I had long given up on being able to register in Houston in time to vote. Then, last week I got a jury summons for the city of Houston. It was sent to m,y parents' address ( Read more... )