Outside the Beltway

The Internet is a weird place.

Vilifying Thomas Jefferson is as much as mistake as placing him on a pedestal.

In a NYT op-ed titled “The Monster of Monticello” Paul Finkelman expresses his befuddlement that people play down Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as a slave owner.

Charlie Murphy, Eddie’s funny brother, has some interesting thoughts on racism and free speech in an interview with Esquire.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

Republicans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Will they learn the right lessons from their loss?

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

President Obama is likely to win re-election while overwhelmingly losing the white vote. Does it matter?

Equating opposition to the President with racism is absurd.

Florida’s new education policy essentially assumes that minority students cannot do as well as their peers. That’s a mistake.

The Supreme Court seems likely to severely limit the use of race-based preferences at public universities

Republican problems among Latino voters could have an influence on several close races this year.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

Lindsey Graham: “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

It just seems like a man can’t live out his creed without some negroidal handling his groceries these days.

A very suspicious “suicide” in police custody.

Big news in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s immigration announcement has been very well received among Latino voters.

A new poll purports to show the President losing 20% of North Carolina’s African-American vote to Mitt Romney. Don’t Believe It.

Is President Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage helping to create a change in opinion on the issue among African-Americans?

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Figuring out how much of the opposition to a black president is based on racism is . . . complicated.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

A blog post lampooning black studies dissertations got a writer fired, setting off a controversy over the limits of free speech.