Author and poet Bruce A. Jacobs blogs on the racial/moral/political implications of presumptive Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s revelation that her 17-year-old teenaged daughter is five months pregnant—and unleashes an avalanche of responses.
“My blog site went completely crazy,” says Jacobs, author of Race Manners for the 21st Century: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans in an [...]

Gabriella Holt lives up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, so she doesn’t get to vote on Long Beach’s Proposition I—the $571-million property parcel tax placed on the November ballot by Mayor Bob Foster and the City Council (minus Fifth District rep Gerrie Schipske). But Holt hopes to represent a lot of the people who do [...]

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He’s no Jack Kennedy
This very good New York Times piece says presidential candidate Mitt Romney (a Mormon) faces none of the bigotry John F. Kennedy (a Catholic) faced back in 1960. Writer Kenneth L. Woodward says most Americans “are willing to accept Mr. Romney’s assertion that Mormons are Christians, albeit of a highly unorthodox kind. [...]

Keeping Mitt’s dream alive
Mitt Romney, the most mannequin-like of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates, needs your help. Up until now, Mitt’s core fundraising strategy has been to raid his own multi-million dollar piggy bank, and loan his campaign money. But apparently, that’s not enough anymore. So Mitt wants you to sell your possessions [...]

Could Hillary really do worse than Bush?
While you were reading Jon Pareles’ blog on the CMJ Music Festival or watching Boston beat Cleveland in the American League final, Republican presidential contenders on Sunday night’s Fox News-sponsored Republican debate revealed the real threat facing America: Hillary. You had to wonder if they were joking: Arkansas Gov. [...]