Hello, Obama: a moment and movement
I've never been much for patriotism. Never understood what the heck people were talking about, frankly, when they said they wanted to serve their country. I started trying to change my country long...
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President of the World: Obama and Muslims
My father's warning to me 9 years ago, faced with my first US election as a voter, has come true today: you're voting for yourself, and your father and your family, and your country. President...
The Historic Inaugration: looking southward with envy
In Canada, we have socialized medicine, same gender marriage is legal, and though we have a disparity between rich and poor it does not come close to the separation in the United States. Our rate of...
Natalie Dylan and the world’s most expensive hymen
St. Trinians dvd Natalie Dylan might have just blended into the college community as another woman’s study major had she not sought a unique way to pay her tuition. Natalie is offering her...
Waterboarding IS torture
Eric Holder answered the important questions right in his confirmation hearing. In his sworn testimony, under questioning from Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, Holder stated unequivocally...
Oscar Grant, police violence and the war on black men
In the United States, there are more black men in prison than there are in college. There are racists that would attribute this phenomenon to the supposed "natural criminal instinct" of black...
Superhero President: the commodification of Barack Obama
Picture courtesy of Amanda Jaffe. When the presidential primaries started, Barack Obama was already something of a celebrity. And from the beginning, his campaign's posters and Web site were...
Under siege: on Oscar Grant and other victims
Cold. Blooded. Murder. What else can you call what occurred on New Year's Day in Oakland? A BART officer caught on tape shooting transit passenger Oscar Grant in the back, while Grant lay flat on his...
On the passing of Jett Travolta and the world’s forgotten children
I was watching CNN the other day when I learned that John Travolta had suffered a personal loss. It seems his sixteen year old had a seizure and died in the bathroom. The loss of a child is something...
On Gaza: speaking as a leftist, American Jew
I have let this go for far too long. I'm not conceited enough to think that what I have to say will make much difference either way, but as a United States citizen, a Jew, and a person who considers...