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Crippling children by selling them racism

Larry Elder · December 11, 2014 5:12 pm

A protester holds a banner as a group gather Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Chicago. Protesters across the U.S. walked off the job or away from class in support of the Ferguson protesters. Walkouts took place in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Ferguson: Inconvenient facts about the encounter

Larry Elder · December 4, 2014 11:20 pm

In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, a crowd gathers near the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson, File)

Ferguson obscures bigger problems in the ‘black community’

Larry Elder · November 28, 2014 5:50 am

In this Feb. 8, 2011 file photo, Jonathan Gruber poses in his home in Lexington, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Jonathan Gruber: Obamacare Architect, Unplugged

Larry Elder · November 20, 2014 4:50 pm

"I don't want to try to read the tea leaves on election results," said President Obama following last Tuesday's historic defeat. (AP Photo/Petar Kujundzic)

Obama is no Clinton

Larry Elder · November 13, 2014 5:10 pm

Before the midterm election, Carney said: "Republicans are going to pick up seats in the Senate and the House, and they may win control of the Senate. So (Democrats) need to mobilize their base voters, and that is especially true of minority voters." (AP Photo)

Jay Carney to GOP: Your party is racist — and ‘you know it’

Larry Elder · November 6, 2014 4:41 pm

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PunditFact lies again

Larry Elder · October 30, 2014 4:51 pm

Contrary to popular opinion, President George W. Bush found no "stockpiles" of weapons of mass destruction.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Iraq’s WMD: The shameless New York Times moves the goalposts

Larry Elder · October 23, 2014 10:42 pm

This now infamous study by David Card and Alan Krueger did not in fact prove that after a wage hike, employment in the fast-food industry increased more in New Jersey counties than in neighboring Pennsylvania counties. (iStock Photo)

If minimum wage is so great, why cite bogus study?

Larry Elder · October 16, 2014 4:35 pm

Conservative pundits have praised Maher for "telling the truth" about Islam. Maher, they applaud, effectively explained how Islam -- at least how many followers interpret Islam -- makes their religion disturbingly different than any other dominant religion.Â (AP Photo/HBO)

Maher vs. Affleck on Islam: Maher should apologize to Christians and Jews

Larry Elder · October 9, 2014 7:39 pm

"Paul" was one of my closest friends. In grade school and junior high, he starred on the high school basketball, baseball and football teams. But when I returned home from college, Paul had become "Muhammad." (iStock Photo)

When Paul became Muhammad

Larry Elder · October 3, 2014 5:24 pm

President Obama points to former President George W. Bush during a ceremony to unveil his official portrait. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Memo from George W. Bush: ‘Welcome, Mr. President, to the war on terror’

Larry Elder · September 25, 2014 3:40 pm