Senator George Allen: still apologizing
… for all sorts of things perceived to have been racist that he’s said or done in his lifetime. All of this over the ‘macaca‘ flap.
… for all sorts of things perceived to have been racist that he’s said or done in his lifetime. All of this over the ‘macaca‘ flap.
I think this cartoon sums it up nice and neat.
My friend Les passed along this article written by Slate’s Deputy editor David Plotz, in response to an opinion piece posted by Frank Rich, columnist for the NYT, on September 10th. The actual column is behind the “Times Select” wall, but I did find a copy of it here after a Google search, so that’s my reference point. It’s titled “Whatever Happened to the America of 9/12?” Rich writes:
Another opportunity to promote that upcoming book (emphasis added):
The popular lefty blog Think Progress is saying yes:
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