Month: April 2008

What About a Tarnished Legacy?

I like E.J. Dionne. But I think his perspective on the Clinton campaign points out the difference between the new progressives and the older more mainline Democrats. For all Democrats, the worst thing that has happened since...

Read More

Black History: Inside the Seasoning Camps

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeOn reaching the Americas the slaver ship crews prepared the Africans for sale. They washed, shaved and rubbed them with palm oil to disguise...

Read More

Breaking News: Clinton to Suspend Campaign

This just in from AFP: April 1, 2008 Washington, D. C. Senator Clinton is set to suspend her campaign tomorrow morning, according to senior campaign advisers. Speaking on condition of anonymity, two prominent campaign officials...

Read More

At Least We Don’t Live in Zimbabwe

According to the Guardian the people of Zimbabwe are getting jobbed (again): A crisis meeting of Robert Mugabe’s security cabinet decided to block the opposition from taking power after what appears to have been a...

Read More

Global No-Confidence Vote: The Fools Of April

As the financial crisis wears on, we’re seeing more and more evidence that the problems are far larger and more widespread than people want to admit.  These April Fools have of course only been fooling themselves....

Read More