Pajamas Media » Blog Archive » An Open Letter to Senator Obama from Lionel Chetwynd
From the conclusion:
That is the teaching opportunity I hoped you would evoke: not explaining Wright’s outrage to me, but explaining his outrageousness to him. That’s how we’ll reach the postracial era: by no longer justifying ourselves with what was, instead [...]
BBC NEWS
The most senior US general in Iraq has said he has evidence that Iran was behind Sunday’s bombardment of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone.Gen David Petraeus told the BBC he thought Tehran had trained, equipped and funded insurgents who fired the barrage of mortars and rockets.
He said Iran was adding what he described as [...]
This post by The Anchoress is a must read. Both profound, deeply moving and exceedingly well written.
I don’t know that I can offer up anything as good, but like a lot of the country I have been thinking a lot about the Obama campaign and the recent developments and what they mean to racial [...]
Houston – News – Barack Obama and Me
This is from a reporter who covered Obama when he was a State Senator in Illinois. Some interesting stuff.
Jeremiah Wright, a pastor at Obama’s church, Trinity United Church in Chicago, has been all over the news for the past couple of days. I suspect that all of my readers have already seen that, so I won’t go deeply into what he said, if you are unaware just google it. It is fairly strong [...]
The Australian
What does it mean? Do they assume that all countries would undergo a similar economic shock as was experienced by the central and eastern European countries after the fall of communism? Do they assume that economically weaker countries will stop their catching-up process? Do they intend to organise a decrease in the number of [...]
If you haven’t seen Jack Nicholson’s Hillary endorsement video go watch it now, it is great.
Although I have to say, I’m not sure how effective it is having clips of him playing really crazy people be his means of communicatin his support for a candidate. It is a hoot to watch though.
CNN.com
Sen. Hillary Clinton Wednesday said her campaign had “turned a corner” with dramatic wins in Ohio and
The New York Democrat broke a 12-contest winning streak by her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama.
Clinton also won Rhode Island, while Obama won Vermont. Cinton’s victories mean the Democratic race will continue at least [...]
