+Republican Party | 521 days ago

RE: Barbour’s Baggage

By Jay Newton-Small

As Adam notes, if Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour decides to run for president, he’ll come with a lot of baggage. Some of it will be of his own making. A few Barbour’s comments in the story Adam cites – a profile of Barbour in the Weekly Standard by Andrew Ferguson – are coming back to [...]

+Uncategorized | 736 days ago

In Response To “Looney Left,” Rand Paul Says He Supports Civil Rights Act

By Michael Scherer

On the Laura Ingram show Thursday, Rand Paul said that he would have supported the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and still supports it. Though he retains some concern over government dictating to business: (via Taegan Goddard)

+Barack Obama | 766 days ago

R.I.P. Dr. Dorothy Height

By Jay Newton-Small

I first met Dr. Dorothy Height nine years ago at the United Nations Summit on Racism in Durban, South Africa. I had the privilege of a quick interview during which she talked about co-writing the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights with former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1948, nearly 20 years before passage of [...]