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As we have seen over the past couple of years, prejudice and racism is on the rise. Xenophobia seems to be growing. All of it is threatening to come to a head. However, as I was reading Charles Krauthhammer's column on Sunday, while I usually disagree vehemently with him and did this time, I noticed again what we are dealing with. The GOP, conservative movement, Fox news, and whoever else they claim in their tent...

Thanks to Shortstuff for the inspiration! Unlike many of the talking heads who now appear on various "news" shows, Edward R. Murrow was a journalist with integrity who not only fought for free speech, but for TRUTH in journalism as well. He once said at the RTNDA Convention in Chicago in 1958 to a group of fellow journalists: "It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to...

... written in 1949 by Rogers and Hammerstein"South Pacific received scrutiny for its commentary regarding relationships between different races and ethnic groups. In particular, 'You've Got to Be Carefully Taught' was subject to widespread criticism, judged by some to be too controversial or downright inappropriate for the musical stage. Sung by the character Lieutenant Cable, the song is preceded by a lyric saying racism is "not born in you! It happens after you're born...' " You've...

This week you'll be subject to hours and hours of political commentary about Glenn Beck's rally this weekend on the Washington Monument called "Restoring Honor".  He's holding the rally on the anniversary of Dr. King's speech in the very place he delivered what has been regarded as perhaps the greatest speech in American history.  I'm not going to use this blog to talk about Glenn Beck.  He can not hijack this day.  This is not...

The furor over building the Islamic center in Manhattan has nothing to do with freedom of religion. There's nothing anti-Muslim about it. It's just the place that they've chosen to build. It's insensitive to those who lost their lives on September 11, and an insult to their families and friends. That's the argument we've heard over and over, right? Well, apparently that sensitivity distance extends far outside Manhattan, New York City, and even New York...

Franklin Graham on President Obama's "problem." Also notice how Mr. Graham dances around the question of whether or not he believes what the president says. Graham launches into a sermon followed by a couple of "ifs" which says to me he doubts that the president is telling the truth. <br />Unlike Mr. Graham, I believe what President Obama says about his Christian faith because, also unlike Mr. Graham, I haven't been appointed judge over who's...

This is past the point of ridiculous. President Obama needs to go to church more often to prove he's not a Muslim:<br />Jimmy Carter went to church more than any other modern president, Ronald Reagan rarely attended. Yet the right hates Carter and loves Reagan. President Obama could live in church and it wouldn't make any difference because it's not about church attendance. It's about a black man in the (up until now all) White...

Here's the one telling sentence in an article at the Washington Post on the results of a Pew poll showing that an increasing number of Americans, including more than a third of those who identify themselves as conservative Republicans, believe that President Obama is a Muslim:"Among those who say Obama is a Muslim, 60 percent say they learned about his religion from the media, suggesting that their opinions are fueled by misinformation.""Misinformation?" No, the word...

The focus of the hate-stirrers and Obama Derangement Syndrome sufferers on the right for the better part of this week has been on Michelle Obama's vacation trip to Spain. It started with this hit-piece by Andrea Tantaros in the New York Daily News in which the First Lady is referred to as "Material girl Michelle Obama" and compared to "Marie Antoinette." Tantaros whined about the "millionaires playground" at which the First Lady and her daughter...

I may be way off base here, but if I'm a Tea Party organizer putting together a 'Some of My Best Friends Are...' rally to prove there's no racist element within the Tea Party movement, the last person I'm going to invite to speak is Andrew Breitbart. But that's just what happened in Philadelphia last Saturday. Doing his part to promote inclusiveness, Breitbart, speaking to 300 people, ranted about the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus,...