Forgive me for talking so much about race--it's on my mind

In any discussion of race, it is always good to listen to the different arguments because, even if you don't agree, there is usually something to learn or some new point to consider. Too often, the stuff whites can't remember are the things blacks can't forget.

Great white nope

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Whites Take Flight on Election Day

[W]hite Republicans nationally are 25 percentage points more likely on average to vote for the Democratic senatorial candidate when the GOP hopeful is black, says economist Ebonya Washington of Yale University in a forthcoming article in the Quarterly Journal of Economics. White independents are similarly inclined to vote for the white Democrat when there's a black Republican running, according to her study of congressional and gubernatorial voting patterns between 1982 and 2000, including five Senate races in which the Republican nominee was black.

[...] But racially motivated crossover voting is not just a Republican phenomenon. Democrats also desert their party when its candidate is black, Washington found. In House races, white Democrats are 38 percentage points less likely to vote Democratic if their candidate is black.

A pretty tongue-in-cheek article, I think

A second divorce - it must be love

twister

As quility mentioned in her journal, a tornado (or more) came through downtown Iowa City last night.

Some of the destruction can be seen in these photos.

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Report: Rumsfeld allowed Guantanamo abuse: Defense secretary reportedly authorized degradation of al-Qaida detainee

Replace Rumsfeld

Bush Gives Rumsfeld Strong Show of Support

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I really enjoyed Thank You for Smoking.