Liberal Talk Radio

I think David Brooks makes a good point today (Time$ $elect!) about the knee-jerk response to the Islamization of our nation’s infrastructure: This Dubai port deal has unleashed a kind of collective mania we haven’t seen in decades. First seized by the radio hatemonger Michael Savage, it’s been embraced by reactionaries of left and right, [...]

Lawrence O’Donnell and Tucker Carlson were arguing about the Cheney incident last night on MSNBC. Carlson egged him on: “What could Cheney possibly have to hide?” O’Donnell didn’t mince words, calmly replying: “That he would have failed a breathalyzer test.” Straight up. I think O’Donnell’s wrong. I doubt Cheney was drunk, even though he did [...]

It’s hard to convince oneself that the U.S. is a truly post-racial society when you read stories like this: All seven Los Angeles County jails were on lockdown Thursday after another brawl broke out between Hispanic and black inmates, continuing a week of rioting that has injured scores of inmates and killed one. Five racially [...]