Rove, Miers to testify in prosecutor firings

" WASHINGTON – Former top aides to President George W. Bush agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. attorneys, a controversy involving allegations of political interference that became a major issue in Bush's second term. The Bush...

This is Your Nation on White Privilege

Politics is skin deep; a collection of striking contrasts between the low bar for White folks and high bar for Black folks in US electoral contests. "For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of...

Gov. Palin Washington Post blows it

" Washington Post blows it By Michelle Malkin  •  September 12, 2008 07:31 AM In a page 1 news story, Washington Post reporter Anne Kornblut accuses Sarah Palin of asserting “that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan...

Is Being a/the chosen people an entitlement & privilege or a commitment and r...

for the sake of all CreationBy Yoram Getzlerhttp://israelseen.com Chosen for privilege or commitment and responsibility Are being a/the chosen people an entitlement & privilege or a commitment and responsibility? I am beginning to understand that this is the most crucial...

Oil Companies Escape Billions in Royalty Payments to Americans; Drilling Expa...

"Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program A bureaucratic oversight has allowed 24 oil companies to avoid more than $1.3 billion in royalties for the privilege of extracting oil and natural gas from U.S. territory in the Gulf of Mexico - with...

The Constitution Has Been Suspended!

""But the Constitution of the United States, as a restraining influence in keeping the federal government within the carefully prescribed channels of power, is moribund, if not dead. We are witnessing its death-agonies, for when this bill becomes a law, if unhappily it...

Living Large as an Expat, 'Putting Privilege into Perspective' (Alan Paul)

Can our sense of reality get skewed when we join the Expat crowd and land in countries where we suddenly can afford domestic help (cook, chauffeur, gardener) that would be out of reach in our native or adopted land? Alan Paul tackles these issues in Putting Privilege Into...