This power is particularly characterisitc of the communication and information sector, where the national cultural-media agenda is provided by a very small and declining number of integrated private combines. This development has deeply eroded free individual expression, a vital element of a deocratic society. Only in an era addled by self-righteous arrogance can a massacre seem virtuous. The Chicago Tribune 's Salim Muwakkil, following December's U.S. bombing of Iraq. University of Chicago School of Business professor Marvin Zonis.
Black racism is a big no-no nowadays, but white racism largely gets a pass.
Imagine if a mainstream black politician gave a rousing keynote address to the Nation of Islam. Bob Herbert on the lack of attention and condemnation for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's address to the racist Council of Conservative Citizens, the successor organization to the old segregationist-era White Citizens Council. Political analyst Stephen Hess. You might say he's the most articulate spokesperson we have for Republican issues.