The Vanishing Anti-War Left

Barack Obama ran for president as the last of the red-hot pacifists, so it might have sounded preposterous to predict that after a few security briefings at the White House, President Obama would follow in the same policy footsteps of horrid warmonger George Bush,...
State of the Union?

State of the Union?

We’ve heard another State of the Union speech, and my president said grand things like: “Think about … a future where we’re in control of our own energy … I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China … I will not...
Resegregation?

Resegregation?

As conservative southern Democrats—once known as Dixiecrats—switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South. “Virtually all Black elected officials in the region are outsiders looking in,” wrote senior research associate...
Race Discrimination?

Race Discrimination?

White Republicans, Southern evangelicals most likely to claim reverse discrimination, research finds With the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas before the Supreme Court, “reverse discrimination” is back in the public eye. Perceptions of...
The Fading of the Old South

The Fading of the Old South

Politically speaking, we live by caricature. Particularly in the age of satellite TV news and Internet fulmination, the temptation is to melodrama. So I wasn’t terribly surprised to read a recent article in the online magazine Salon arguing that “even though it’s a...