| Reaction to Obama's speech on race is pretty ugly, but is there a giimmer of hope? No hope if you are a "Dandy" trying to get into the US, plus the neo-cons crow in Canada

| It is all over but the shouting in the Democratic primaries, so we make a healthy comparison between health plans and wonder how myths about the Canadian system will have an impact on what happens

| With a run on a bank, a war resister is deported to the U.S., the U.S decides its time to toss the fourth amendment with Obama joing the chorus, nope, we are not on the sunny side of the street.

| indictments against a senator, crimes in the department of justice, and possibly blood on the hands of talk show hosts but who will pay? Not likely any of the crimedoers. . .

| A political scientist once said that an American Presidential election is like going to the bathroom, you go into a private space, you only have two choices (the result of neither is particularly

| Spike Lee said recently the greatest moment of his life was Obama's nomination. We aren't ready to go that far, but we're happy to see so many Americans do the right thing and reject the McCain hate