Liberal Talk Radio

Sentencing Commission to consider making the cocaine sold in black neighborhoods only slightly more illegal than the cocaine sold in white neighborhoods:
The commission is taking up one of the most racially sensitive issues of the two-decades-old war on drugs. Jurists and civil rights organizations have long complained that the commission’s guidelines mandate more stringent federal [...]

Merle Haggard, as quoted by Joe Klein:
“This is America. We’re proud. We’re not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and scaring us at airports. We’re changing the Constitution out of fear. We spend all our time looking up each other’s dresses. Fear’s the only issue the Republican [...]

To: President G.W. Bush, Red America
From: Norwegian Nobel Committee
Re: You
_________
Dear Red America,
Eff you.
Sincerely,
Norwegian Nobel Committee

Isn’t liberals and white supremacists collaborating one of the signs of the apocalypse? Cover your heads:
In an unlikely marriage of desire to secede from the United States, two advocacy groups from opposite political traditions — New England and the South — are sitting down to talk.
Tired of foreign wars and what they consider right-wing [...]

Lots of fun stuff in this piece on a new condom ad that’s “controversial” because it dares to say that condoms might prevent pregnancy. The ad has been banned in most markets except… Seattle!
I loved this defense from Comcast:
Comcast, the cable provider for both Pittsburgh and Seattle, would not allow Trojan to purchase [...]

Elizabeth Edwards’ pro-gay marriage views are welcome, of course, but aren’t they a little convenient?
It’s pretty obviously a way to wink at the gay community and signal support while her husband barnstorms South Carolina talking about how he’s “uncomfortable” with the issue. I suppose it’s pretty clever, as base-winking goes. Much better than [...]

Lots of anti-Rudy stuff flying around these days, eh? First, you’ve got him quitting the Iraq Study Group so he could make a fortune on the lecture circuit. The man with zero national security experience sees no need to get any. Talk about irony! Then today we find out he’s been [...]

That Andrew Sullivan is an interesting character goes without saying. I read his blog every day, although sometimes I wonder why. (Especially when gets on one his Pope-bashing crusades. I’m not a big Pope fan, but it’s not something that interests me.)
Anyway, the guy’s been drifting to the left in a pretty [...]

I swear, I don’t mean to turn this website into Giuliani central. It’s just fascinating watching a socially liberal GOP frontrunner dance with the culture wars. Here’s the latest: Planned Parenthood offering its full-throated support of Rudy.
Two possible explanations:
(a) they’re hoping that by embracing a pro-choice Republican, they can make it safe [...]

The New Republic’s profile of Rudy Giuliani, out today:
Giuliani is the beneficiary of an upheaval within the Republican electorate–an upheaval that was catalyzed by September 11 but is becoming apparent only now, as the GOP hosts its first primary battle since the terrorist attacks. In brief, among Republican voters, the litmus test issues of abortion [...]