The Debate Link

From my father, at dinner tonight. He said this unprompted about Sarah Palin: What an absurd pick. I mean, two weeks ago, she was the mayor ...

It's been barely a day, and already the Palin pick is starting to look like a big mistake. Cast aside the issues I already raised , as w...

Not only is McCain (obviously) older than his VP, he's older than her state . By 23 years.

That's the slogan McCain's got front and center on the lectern he's speaking in front of. After Barack Obama specifically blaste...

So CNN reports . It's an intriguing choice, and I think a dangerous one, for both the Democratic and the GOP tickets. What do I mean by ...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news The backers of the Arizona initiative seeking to ban affirmative action got a reprieve to...

I don't like much that goes down on The Corner, but this was great line , in response to Obama's "this election is not about me...

The Washington Times, of all places, has an editorial taking its conservative peers to task for being far more forgiving of legacy admissio...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news A quick note: Now that I'm not doing this for my job, the CRR probably will undergo som...

I saw President Clinton and Senator Biden's speeches tonight (but not Senator Kerry's). Admittedly I saw them at a wine night, so I ...

Look, I know from my commenters that nothing is ever racist (except affirmative action, which is Jim Crow resurrected and magnified to the 1...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news The LPGA (woman's international golf organization) is requiring all of its players to b...

My gut reaction was that Clinton nailed that speech, but to sate my curiousity I hopped on over to The Corner to see what they were saying. ...

Pat Buchanan appears to have no eyes. Or at least none that I can see. His face just seems to collapse in that region.

Barbara Mikulski's speech before the EMILY's List crowd confirms something we all already knew: she's a total and complete BAMF ...

With the caveat that this seems to be a very thinly sourced story (relying on random Daily Kos commenters? For serious?), I still feel comf...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news Ms. Magazine gives its quick take on the appointment of Hans von Spakovsky to a staff po...

Earlier this year, a bunch of Carleton debaters and I were shooting the breeze about Barack Obama. One said that "you know Obama will b...

Your daily dose of civil rights and related news An observant Jewish engineer was vindicated after being hounded by spying accusations , aft...

My wonderful co-bloggers at TMV already have several posts giving their takes on how the Biden choice will affect the presidential race ( To...