The Fringe

Note: many European nations have laws criminalizing the public expression of views or the tangible organization of the groups featured here.  What a sometimes-troubling society the First Amendment ensures, huh?  I'm looking forward to taking a class or two on free speech issues to help sort out some of the conflicting views I hold on this issue.

"And his name was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, and he was an American."

-Colin Powell, Meet the Press, 10/20/08.

Amen.  For more on the topic, read some wisdom at Abedology.

KKKlassy

As seen on the link blog to the left, courtesy of Andrew Sullivan:

Great to see racism alive and well in California.   In Civ IV, I remember reading about how the John Birch Society morphed into more "respectable" forms during the mid-1960s, especially in Orange County, CA.   Apparently, the Golden State is trying its best to uphold that tradition.