Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2756
July 13, 2010
African Victims, Foreign Saviors
by Patrick Appel
A couple months back, Texas In Africa asked Nick Kristof why his columns "about Africa almost always feature black Africans as victims, and white foreigners as their saviors." Kristof's candid answer:
I do take your point. That very often I do go to developing countrieswhere local people are doing extraordinary work, and instead I tend tofocus on some foreigner, often some American, who's doing somethingthere.
And let me tell you why I do that. The problem that Iface -- my...
Silence On The DOMA Ruling
by Chris Bodenner
Some green shoots from the Tea Party movement:
silence is by design, activists with the loosely affiliated
said, because it is held together by an exclusive focus on
matters and its avoidance of divisive social issues such as
and gay marriage. Privately, though, many said they back the
because it emphasizes the legal philosophy of states' rights..."Ido think it's a state's right," said Phillip Dennis, Texas statecoordinator for the Tea...
Mark Haines: Journalist, Ctd
by Chris Bodenner
Hans Bader defends himself.
Mark Haines - Politics - Chris Bodenner - Business - Government
The NAACP's 'tea party' stunt backfires
by Dave Weigel
Huma Khan writes up both sides of the made-for-slow-news-week controversy over the NAACP resolution condemning tea party "racism." One of her more hands-on quoted experts:
Dale Robertson,a Tea Party activist who runs TeaParty.org and has himself been at thecenter of a race-related controversy, said the NAACP is merelypandering to the Democratic party. "I find that the NAACP should be standing against the new BlackPanther (sic) and their stance and yet instead of doing the right t...
Which Way Does Water Spin In Toilet Bowls?
Moore Award Nominee
by Chris Bodenner
"He speaks as an owner of LeBron and not the owner of the Cleveland
Cavaliers. His feelings of betrayal
personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave," - Jesse Jackson. TNC sighs.
Cleveland Cavaliers - LeBron James - Slavery - Jesse Jackson - Basketball
Rand Paul for Senate: New, improved, boring
by Dave Weigel
Evan McMorris-Santoro finds great meaning in former Rand Paul campaign manager David Adams waving farewell to the Senate race:
Back in May, after the string of disastrous national press appearances that resulted in Paul's high-profile cancellation of an appearance on Meet The Press,campaign manager David Adams was shifted to the role of campaignchairman. Jesse Benton, a longtime Paul family ally and a veteran ofRep. Ron Paul's (R-TX) presidential campaigns (sic*), took the reins ...
Picking Fights
by Patrick Appel
Freddie DeBoer isn't blogging much these days, which is too bad because he's one of my favorite online writers despite his being to my left on any number of issues. When Freddie makes a point, he doesn't bother to dull the sharpness of his words – as any number of his statements in this interview make clear:
I do want to immediately recognize and admit that I have theextremist's luxury; I don't have to sully my beliefs with appeal todirty partisan politics. But that cuts both...
Mental Health Break
by Chris Bodenner
A magical walk to Portugal's Guincho Beach turns into some wicked water sports:
(The Joanna Newsom-sounding singer is Kat Edmonson.)
Guincho Beach - Sport - Chris Bodenner - Health - Mental Health
Not even Robert Byrd's seat is safe
by Dave Weigel
The invaluable Reid Wilson sees the National Republican Senatorial Committee starting to dig into the records of Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.). When the governor entered the race for the late Robert Byrd's Senate seat, some wags wrote the race off. But the NRSC went after Manchin for a waffling answer (on Fox News) on whether he supported the administration's challenge to Arizona's immigration law, and now it's attacking on this:
The NRSC has requested a series of documents from...
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