Congratulations, Justice Sonia Sotomayor!  Sotomayor was confirmed earlier today by a vote of 68 to 31-nine Republicans crossed the aisle to vote for her.
With the ascension of one “wise Latina” to the highest court in the land, I assume the rounding up and imprisoning of whites will begin any day now, so I’ll have to celebrate while I can.

President Obama got it pretty much right the first time, before there had been a huge outcry about our President criticizing a police office.  Officer Crowley acted stupidly-and, might I add, wrongly-when arresting Professor Gates.
The important facts are these- Officer Crowley (white) responded to a potential breaking and entering complaint, found Professor Gates (black) in his own home, where had had id proving who he was and that this was his address, and, after not assaulting or in any other way posing a direct danger to Officer Crowley, was arrested …

Sometimes there are no words. Paul Richmond’s first featured piece here boggles my mind to the point where I can’t tell if I love or hate it but its got something special about it.  I appreciate the other pieces below with much less personal ambivalence but still appreciate the conflict within them:  the elephant piece, says the author, was meant to “… [juxtapose] the dark, painful lives of performing animals with the fun, amusing atmosphere of the carnival” and I think it captures that nuance well, and the Dolly-inspired print …