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Testimony: Larry King’s killer had racist materials

logointern3 — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:00:05 +0000

(Los Angeles) – Investigators say the Southern California teenager on trial for the classroom shooting death of a gay student embraced the white supremacist movement.

Doodles of swastikas, white(...)

Withers: Pastor accuses GLBT organizations of racism

James Withers — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:43 +0000

Rev. Eric Lee takes LGBT organizations to task for “unconscious racism”; he thinks this is a major stumbling block to the gay rights movement.

“I believe that the cause of justice and(...)

Monday Watercooler: What will the Ninth do?

James Withers — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:49:26 +0000

Michael Lucas is predictable. Another anti-Muslim screed from the Advocate’s resident partisan Michael Lucas. He joins a rather vocal group of people, including Sarah Palin and Newt(...)

Tea party leaders anxious about extremists

Jennifer Vanasco — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:53 +0000

(Jefferson City, Mo.) Organizers of tax-day tea parties are celebrating their biggest day of the year Thursday, as thousands of demonstrators participate in local rallies against high taxes and(...)

Withers: Paladino is confused why people think he’s a racist

James Withers — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:19:40 +0000

Poor Carl Paladino. He’s having a difficult time. Last week he announces, like he’s a stand in for the movie Network, his plan to run for the New York governor.

This week his penchant for(...)

Ruby-Sachs: Louisiana Teaches Us Why Enforcement Matters

ERubySachs — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:11:00 +0000

The story about a Justice of the Peace refusing a marriage license to an inter-racial couple is offensive for many reasons. First, the blatant racism is shocking. We all thought that decent(...)

Withers: Perez Hilton is sexist and racist

James Withers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:16:48 +0000

Writing about Perez Hilton, the dirty mouth of Hollywood, makes me want to shower to get the grime off. So this is it for me. Unless I hear Hilton is producing a bio-pic on Lester Young, I’m(...)

Withers: Hate never beats hate

James Withers — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:04:21 +0000

Today is an easy post. If the speechifying of Carrie Prejean makes your head explode calling her a female dog is bad form (yes Ms. Hilton, I’m looking at you). Let’s say the political dirty(...)

Withers: Hate crime victim dies

James Withers — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:18:13 +0000

Jose Sucuzhanay, the Ecuadorean immigrant who was attacked in a bias crime last weekend, has died from his injuries. His attackers shouted anti gay and Latino epithets as they beat him with a baseball bat and glass bottle. His skull was fractured and he sustained extensive brain damage. This past Tuesday he was declared brain [...]

Withers: McCain campaign is hard edged, not racist

James Withers — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:28:10 +0000

This article strikes me as a fair assesment of the McCain campaign. It’s slamming Obama hard on Ayers, Rezko, and Wright. Throwing out the whole “Obama can’t be trusted” theme. All that’s true,(...)