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16
2008
Weekend Watchdog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. We'll post a wrap-up here on the blog on Monday.
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16
2008
Weekend Watchdog: Open Thread
We're in the process of trying out some new approaches to the Weekend Watchdog. One of them is this open thread, where we hope longtime "watchdogs" and the uninitiated will engage in sorting out what questions about which issues and news items from the past week this Sunday's yet-to-be announced guests should face. more »
may
11
2008
Recognizing the Race Chasm
The issue of race makes a lot of folks uncomfortable - and that's especially true right now when the nation is closer than ever to electing the first black President of the United States. more »
may
6
2008
The Age of the "Insurance Card Marriage"
Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another reason to get hitched: health insurance.more »
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29
2008
My Father's Eyes
It's easy to say "things like that don't happen any more." But we all know better. I was raised on it, and even when my father reminded me that I — as a black male — would not be treated the same as a white male my age, I knew enough not to even try to say he was wrong. He wasn't wrong then, and he isn't wrong now. And if the day comes when I must have the same conversation with one of my sons that my father had with me that day, will I be wrong? Will that marrow-deep intuition — that knowing — finally be wrong?more »
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25
2008
This Week In Blog
From bloggingheads.tv, Amanda Carpenter and I discussed blog reaction to the PA primary, Sen. Clinton's recent Iran comments, Al Gore's global warming ads, the blockbuster New York Times story on Pentagon propaganda, and new McCain and Obama attack videos.more »
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4
2008
Exhausting Race (Part 1)
We are all "morally exhausted" from dealing with and talking about race. But, to borrow from an old spiritual, we have little choice but to "run on, see what the end will be," because the exhausting race is the only way forward. It's the door through which we must pass into a shared future. And, from all we've heard lately, the way is still steep, and the race is still long. Sometimes we're tempted to stop and declare it finished, even won. But we know better. more »
