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As relieved as I am about the outcome of the national elections, I can’t get the thought of how much we’ve lost in order to “win” out of out my mind. Something an old colleague of min...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/11/08/politics-is-a-battle-for-position-more-thoughts-on-the-election/

A while back I wrote a post called “The Party of Lincoln.” In it, I said that the GOP, become the instrument of power of a right wing movement bent on resetting the social, political, ...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/11/07/the-right-the-election-and-whats-next/

Sorry, I couldn’t resist this bit of right wing propaganda. I wish this was an indication that they’re totally out of touch, but, alas, no. In fact, they’re just about in touch with con...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/10/09/why-redistribution-is-a-dirty-word-to-republicans/

My last post, about why I voted for Obama-Biden in ’08 and will again, inspired some pretty strong criticism. Since most of the commentary has been off-line, and many points of criticism that d...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/09/11/on-obama-drones-deportation-austerity-and-the-vote/

The Republican Convention played like conventions past, perhaps enriched by an unusual number of outright lies, but otherwise, pretty much par for the course. Planks of the platform controver...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/08/31/the-party-of-lincoln/

Liberal political reporting regarding the Republican’s campaign strategy of exploiting racism to defeat Barack Obama is giving me a serious headache. I’m sure you’ve heard the rhetori...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/07/26/the-othering-of-barack-obama-and-the-growing-of-a-movement/

Hallelujah! Rick Santorum is finally out of the Republican primary race! What, you didn’t think I would feel that way? I’ve been listening to liberal media pundits talk about the unlikely p...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/04/23/why-i-rooted-for-mitt-or-rick-santorum-is-a-danger-still/

The b.s. that passes for news is enough to give a person the information superhighway version of road rage. Hardly a word of substance had been uttered about moms until  Hilary Rosen ‘s stat...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/04/17/the-war-on-women-of-color/

Liberal pundits are buzzing over Mitt Romney’s latest strategy of playing the old, “I know you are, but what am I?” game. In response to criticism that he’s too out of touch, not to menti...

https://www.racefiles.com/2012/04/09/more-racism-101-mitt-romneys-big-adventure/