Unusual tidbits to read in the news; rare because our media is broken:
The Republican party “does not have a single African-American among its collective 247 senators and representatives in Washington”.
So, here’s the situation. A (black) pastor spouting nonsense is apparently a big problem for a (black) presidential candidate. But white evangelists spouting nonsense are not seen by the US media as posing any kind of problem for a white Republican candidate.
Naughton’s Memex says, “This particular column is one of the best things I’ve read in ages, not least because its savage indignation never spills over into incoherence. It’s beautifully controlled from start to finish.”