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Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:00 AM

The GOP's cheerful viciousness

Yet again, the GOP launches brutal personality and cultural attacks on the Democratic candidate. Yet again, Democrats seem determined to allow it to do so.

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  • Thursday, September 4, 2008 07:27 PM

    A Guardian colomn

    I read an excellent column in The Guardian the other day, written by an American woman. She expressed what had been clear to many for at least 8 years now. The notion of "an American nation" is fantasy, such a thing doesn't exist. Blue America and Red America are two separate, very different nations. As she said, at best they ignore each other, at worse they despise each other.

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