The Summer of Islamophobia found its most respectable spokesman in Marty Peretz, editor-in-chief of the august and generally liberal New Republic. Peretz, who has a long history of rabidly supporting Israel and denouncing Arabs and Muslims, wrote in a September 4th blog post that “Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims” and wondered “whether [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Slate'
A Really Nice Guy to Everyone He Doesn’t Hate
September 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: Andrew Sullivan·assholes·bigotry·Islamophobia·Marty Peretz·racism·Slate·Ta-Nehisi Coates·The Atlantic·The New Republic
Willing to Prevent the Downfall of Civilization, So Long As They Don’t Have to Leave the House
June 21st, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics, Supreme Court
Over the weekend, Dahlia Lithwick posted an article on Slate about the lack of courage in today’s political debate. Specifically, she discussed the successful efforts of gay marriage opponents to keep cameras out of the courtroom in the trial over California’s Prop 8 and a recent Supreme Court case regarding whether the state of Washington [...]
Tags: civil rights·Dahlia Lithwick·gay marriage·gay rights·LGBT rights·Maggie Gallagher·political courage·Prop 8·Slate·Supreme Court·The New Republic·victims
I Like Ours Better
April 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Slate’s John Dickerson argues that Sarah Palin, the half-term governor of a sparsely populated state who doesn’t read newspapers and makes stuff up to cover for her gross lack of knowledge, is the Right’s answer to Al Gore, the Nobel Peace Prize winning two-term vice-president of the United States who tends to be ahead of [...]
Tags: Al Gore·global warming·Iraq War·Sarah Palin·Slate·the Internet
Taking the Fun Out of Bruno
July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
First, I want to be clear that I laughed often and loudly at Bruno, and highly recommend seeing it. I am, however, troubled by the broader implications and share Emily’s fear that the movie “may push certain audiences to continue to believe that homophobic beliefs and behavior are acceptable.” As I’ve read assorted commentary on [...]
Tags: A.O. Scott·Bruno·Chris Rock·Emily Posts·gay rights·racism·Ron Paul·Shavlik Randolph·Slate
What if a white guy. . .
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
Fantastic pieces in Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table” on double standards in the law. I’ve never understood why “double standard” has taken on such a negative connotation. The idea of making distinctions between, say, a race that was enslaved and legally oppressed for centuries and the race that enslaved and oppressed them strikes me as [...]
Tags: bleeding heartery·Slate·Sotomayor·What if Bill O'Reilly were gay?·white men