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I'm having a hard time getting my head around this. How does introducing subjectivity (based on race) make this a more 'critical' or accurate way of thinking about/discussing race issues? Seems to me that makes it based on feelings and opinions, which we already have plenty of on the topic of...

Hey all, I tried to respond to ainwood's PM from like 1.5 years ago, but my PM box exploded when you retired my moderator status, and it won't let me! I still play civ4 on a regular basis! Anyway, just wanted to say hello without deleting 500 messages that one day maybe I'll go back and...

I couldn't come up with a better title than the author, so here it is: Is this really what our politics are coming to? Are the American people too lazy to delve into complicated moral questions, and have our politicians picked up on this, making them lazy as well? Legislation that...

My cousin, who is a few years older than me just got his orders that he is shipping out to Kuwait, where he will be deployed to Iraq. I already knew a few people who are there, but none were particularly close friends, and certainly not family.:( He has been a Navy CB since he graduated from...

Arlen Specter has proposed researching a possible windfall tax on the massive profits oil companies have been bringing in over the last year or so. The way I look at this, its probably a good idea to let them pay extra taxes to fund the war in Iraq, which is one of the primary reasons for the...

The propoganda machines are in full swing again, which has me rather worried that the Bush administration will take some violent, punitive action against Iran before it loses the power to do so, which could well come in a few months. I honestly can't decide if this would be an effective...

Link. I was under the impression that the government had enough evidence to do without cheating, but I guess I was wrong. Or maybe it is incompetence... I still get the impression that this guy is a scapegoat, but that is beside the point since he has already been found guilty...

Apparently, the Supreme Court is reviewing Tom Delay's political stunt that had a major impact on recent congressional elections. Unfortunately, I haven't seen much coverage of this because they are also hearing a case on abortion. In fact, the only place I have read/heard anything was on NPR...

The Japanese and the Chinese seem to be in some sort of diplomatic spat about some comments regarding educational superiority. I wish governments argued about such things more often...

Apparently, that is what the Iranian president says he has found. Has he completely lost his mind? I couldn't find an article with the exact quote, though I heard it on the NPR hourly newscast.

Link. I'm not sure how successful they will be since they will be stonewalled by the entire executive branch, but it is a good thing the suit has been filed. If nothing else it will show the president that there are those who are keeping tabs on him as well. ;)

As far as I can tell, things are going pretty smoothly, at least for Iraq. Apparently a lot of Sunni's are going to the polls, which is a very good sign for the insurgency starting to die down a bit. I think the Kurds may be disappointed in their representation now that the Sunni's are voting...

Link. At least we admitted the mistake for once. What is surprising is that the suit is only for $75,000. Either he has never heard of the 'coffee-spilling incidents', or he is more interested in making a point. What is wrong within the CIA? That is the larger question...

Link. I'm a little surprised this isn't front page news, but I guess Americans don't really care that much about being scammed by their politicians. So that makes three GOP congressman who have been indicted recently, though this guy is the first to actually admit it. Who is next, I...