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America’s First Asian Fantasy

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In 1846, Senator Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO) gave a speech on the Senate floor titled "The Destiny of the Race." This fundamental articulation of Manifest Destiny and its sibling white supremacy not only justifies American expansion around the world, but reads like the nation's first Asian...
6CA's decision to force the Supreme Court's hand is likely to ultimately have good consequences.  Sutton's opinion unintentionally reveals why the bans can't be defended: Finally, Sutton reverts to the fancy theoretical means conservatives use to justify exclusionary traditions: originalism. One conservative legal blogger argues that...

Fumble!

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This was insane. All night, the telecast used a weird, flat angle that made it hard to follow the action on the field. That angle contributed to the confusion here;.

The Paper of the 1%

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Kind of surprising to see the Times so openly admit is the newspaper for the 1%. Anyone who looks at the style, food, real estate, or travel sections has long known this, but still.
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