Friday, December 14, 2007

NOW SHOWING
There will be a reception tonight from 6:30 till 8:00 pm for the opening of Works an art exhibition by Sara Jones at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science at 1255 Dauphin Street.

Truthdig - Reports - Romney’s Religious Dodge

MITT'S TWO FACES
Buried in the middle of Mitt Romney’s religious mea culpa was a twist of logic that would take a knot-smith to untangle. He asserts that there are some questions about faith that a candidate should answer. Then he carefully chooses the one question that allows him to sound the most like an evangelical Christian.
(TRUTHDIG)

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

POLITICS 2.0
Bill Moyers talks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson about how the Internet has transformed the political campaign in the United States.
(Suggested by ED OLIVER)

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Truthdig - Reports - Disappointment Doesn’t Have to Be Normal

ARISE!
Is it foolish to think that a nation stained by centuries of slavery and racism is prepared to elect a black president? Rarely phrased so bluntly, that’s the central question posed by Barack Obama’s candidacy - especially for many African-American voters, whose doubts are informed by having seen many an oasis turn out to be a mirage.
(TRUTHDIG)

Truthdig - Reports - The Price of Antagonizing Latinos

SI O NO?
There is a little-noticed disconnect between how immigration is likely to play in the 2008 congressional elections and how it will affect the presidential campaign. A Latino backlash against the Republicans could hurt their nominee for president, but a backlash against illegal immigration could help Republicans in races for Congress.
(TRUTHDIG)