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Post-Racial Race Challenges

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
July 29, 2009

What role does race continue to play in a society that many have proclaimed “post-racial”? If post-racial means that the vast majority of people want to be non-racist, then we have made sufficiently great strides that we can call ourselves post-racial. But if post-racial means that race has become irrelevant to shaping peoples’ experiences – then we have a ways to go.

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Spare Us Another 8 Years of Faulty US/China Trade Policy

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
July 1, 2009

rippedtires.jpgOn Monday, The International Trade Commission (ITC) unanimously voted to recommend that President Obama impose tariffs on the import of Chinese tires for three years. The new administration will have until September 17 to decide what, if any, relief to provide based on the ITC’s recommendation. more »

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Infrastructure for Sale!

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
July 31, 2008

If you believe this post, I can sell you a bridge. more »

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Good News

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
July 23, 2008

It's time for some good news about architecture. No more sinkholes or collapsing bridges. It turns out that conservative ideology is good for one, very specific kind of public construction. See if you can guess. The answer comes after the break. more »

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Helms-Revisionism

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
July 11, 2008

You probably heard that Jesse Helms died last week. But, unless you're knee-deep in the Big Con, you probably haven't experienced Helms-Revisionism. more »

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A Preston Primer

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
June 10, 2008

Steve Preston. White House photo.Pop quiz: Who is Steve Preston?

It's fine if you've failed the quiz. Here's a primer.

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A Little Latin

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
June 3, 2008

When dealing with the Big Con, a little Latin goes a long way. Here's a useful phrase: cum hoc ergo propter hoc. It means, roughly, "with this, therefore because of it." Because two things happened at the same time, one must have caused another: correlation implies causation. It's a fallacy. Just because literacy and atmospheric sulfur dioxide increased at the same time, it doesn't mean that literacy caused air pollution. A recent editorial in Barron's offers a good example of the Conservative (mis)use of "cum hoc ergo propter hoc" arguments.. more »

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"I personally cannot think of a more deserving person for this to have happened to."

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
May 20, 2008

As you've probably read, Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. But you probably haven't read the responses to the news on right-wing forums and comment pages. more »

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Helsinki, or The Degradation of Moral Infrastructure

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
May 19, 2008

Imagine America's national morality as infrastructure. Bridges let us walk over rivers; norms let us live without hurting or annoying others. Most of this 'infrastructure' is invisible and implicit. No rule prevents you from cutting in line; you just don't do it. But some norms need to be enforced by the state. It turns out that the right has just as much respect for our moral infrastructure as it does for the physical one. more »

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Con-ster Profile 1.1 -- David Barton

By Anita Chariw2 (not verified)
May 18, 2008

I bet you didn't know that many of the Founding Fathers were devout evangelical Christians. You probably didn't even realize that James Madison believed that American polis was grounded in the Ten Commandments. You just haven't been paying enough attention to David Barton. more »

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