Searching for a Pretext in Iran

By Juan Cole“On March 13, President Bush told an audience at George Washington University, “Coalition forces have seized IEDs and components that were clearly produced in Iran…Such actions–along with Iran’s support for terrorism and its pursuit of nuclear weapons–are increasingly isolating Iran, and America will continue to rally the world to confront these threats.”
Bush’s allegations [...]

Lessons From Freaknic: Did Bling Ruin Affirmative Action?

Has bling bling ruined black arguments in support of affirmative action? When I was in college in Atlanta, I used to work at Circuit City. One day, during “Freaknic,” Atlanta’s version of Spring Break (before it got ghetto), a cool, older white guy came in to buy a TV. As we chatted, he asked, “What’s [...]