We Are All Americans

A friend of mine told me last night, “Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.” If you hear someone saying Muslims are prone to violence, don’t believe it. If you see a Muslim who walks and talks and bleeds just like you, believe it. Stop the hate.

Primary His Ass

CAUTION: Angry, explicit Little Isis rant about to ensue. Prelude: Our Hearts go out to Norway. Word on the street is that Bernie Sanders thinks someone should primary Obama. SANDERS: Brian, believe me, I wish I had the answer to your question. Let me just suggest this. I think there are millions of Americans who [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: “Hillaryben” and the Sisterhood of the Traveling Saris

Morning, news junkies. This Saturday’s roundup is really more like two posts in one. It’s going to be top-heavy with news about Hillary’s current travels, so if you’re interested in other items about women’s issues, in particular news about Hillary protege Kirsten Gillibrand, please be sure to click after the jump for part 2! (There’s [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Sleepyhead

Morning, news junkies… I’m really exhausted, so this is going to be a pretty basic rundown of links and snippets, nothing fancy or earth-shattering in the way of two cents from me. This week’s Hillary photo: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton hold a press [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Sheros don’t hold their finger to the wind, they ARE the wind

Morning, news junkies. This week’s Hillary pic is actually from last Saturday, but it came out after I wrote up my July 2nd post, so enjoy. (Click on the image–or click here–to see a great slideshow of more Hillary and Trini pics at Still4Hill’s place.) Before I go on, a moment of silence for First [...]

Wonk’s Saturday Reads: Females are Fabulous (all the moreso during Fourth of July weekend)

Morning, news junkies. Do you remember the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy goes on “Females are Fabulous” (game show which the announcer says is “based on the theory that any woman is willing to make an idiot out of herself in order to win a prize”)? Well, I was watching that episode while I [...]