The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    White Supremacy & Hate Groups: A nation-wide problem

    By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 10:21am | Politics, Media

    Almost a year ago, NBC reported on the rise of hate groups throughout the U.S.:

    The Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking hate groups for almost 30 years. In its spring 2009 Intelligence Report, they found that 926 hate groups are currently operating in the U.S., an all-time high. These groups include the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, racist skinheads and Black separatists.

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    U.S. has 24th most free press; DOJ goes after the media

    By William K. Wolfrum on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 8:06am | Politics, Media

    Freedom of the press has declined for the eighth year in a row, according to Freedom House’s annual report. And while the media has focused on the lack of media freedoms in such places as China and Venezuela, they’ve virtually ignored the U.S. position – No. 24 (PDF).

    And following in the footsteps of the Bush Administration, the Obama Administration seems intent on making the media less free.

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    Andrew Breitbart accuses me of sexual harassment

    By William K. Wolfrum on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 2:13pm | Humor & Satire, Media

    I truly enjoy Twitter. I find it a great place to locate new readers, a place to meet a wide variety of people, and a place to be creative.

    Honestly, for a person like me who considers the Internet his own personal comedy routine, Twitter is just perfect. I tend not to deal much with writers’ block, anyway, and Twitter lets me just hurl things against the wall and see what sticks.

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    There Are No Republican Moderates in the Senate

    By Doctor Cleveland on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 1:03am | Politics

    The Senate Republicans folded on their filibuster today. This morning The Hill ran an article with this headline:

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    Republicans announce their base – Tim Johnson of Tupelo, Miss.

    By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 5:51pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    Over the past few decades, the Republican brand has become a somewhat-confused morass of ideologies and beliefs, with the party losing large blocks of voters on several different issues. Recently, the decision by the State of Arizona to treat all Mexican and Latin people as potential criminals has crippled the Republican National Committee with the Mexican community, for instance.

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    Immigration and the "Race Card"

    By Michael Wolraich on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 3:59pm | Politics

    If you harbor any doubt about the racist undercurrent driving right-wing immigration concerns, listen to Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh knows his audience, and when he discussed Arizona's immigration law on Monday, he gave them the red meat, or rather the black-and-brown meat, that they were looking for:

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    A Little Self-Promotion Never Hurt Anyone

    By Michael Wolraich on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 2:04pm | Politics

    Having grown tired of sending links about my book to friends, I decided to set up a facebook fan page for my book, How Bill O'Reilly Saved Christmas and Other Right-Wing Persecution Fantasies, where I can collect relevent links, pictures, events, rants, and Republican concern trolls.

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    In A Center-Left Country, we should troll Republicans with our concern

    By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 1:11pm | Politics, Humor & Satire, Media

    In America, the weekends are for many things – spending time with family, enjoying outdoor activities and sports and just relaxing. It’s also the determined time for Republicans to Concern Troll the brains out of their Democratic opposition.

    For those on the outs. let me allow Wise Geek to give an example of concern trolling:

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    The hottest, most homoerotic, anti-gay diatribe ever!

    By William K. Wolfrum on Wed, 04/28/2010 - 10:43am | Politics, Social Justice

    Eugene Delgaudio, the Republican District Supervisor in Sterling, Virginia, is a man that works hard to spread homophobia and keep many rights away from gay and lesbian Americans.

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