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Some people aren't sure how to react to Amanda P. Williams '96, a black woman who is also an outspoken Republican. But for one man, it was simply a matter of reading the signs...
Escalating polarization within both the Democratic and Republican parties is also contributing to the saturation of the two-party system. As traditional liberals react against so-called "New Democrats," while moderate Republicans attempt to neutralize the "Religious Right," more candidates and voters are becoming increasingly frustrated with their two options. This frustration can transform two-party inertia into third-party momentum...
Waxing third-party vitality focuses a penetrating light on the state of our political system, and acts as a litmus test to measure whether the major parties are indeed accurate indicators of citizen demands. The chemistry is simple: If Republicans over-react by precipitously slashing too many popular programs, and if Democrats cannot synthesize ideas more in line with fiscal responsibility, a third party--with mega-funding as a catalyst--will create an entirely new political equation...
...course, if blacks react to whites' reaction to Farrakhan, whites react to blacks' reaction to Farrakahn. It is not unusual to hear whites saying, in effect, "Now that it's clear they hate us, it's O.K. for us to hate them." Glenn Loury, a conservative black thinker and Boston University professor, says, "Farrakhan makes it more respectable for white racism to flourish." That is a cop-out both blacks and whites must work to resist. "The threat to American democracy is not black racism," Loury says. "It's white racism...
Approximately 50 members of the Bisexual, Gay, and Lesbian Student Association (BGLSA) and Strategic Offense Systems (SOS) convened in front of Widener Library last night to react to signs posted by the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality (AALARM...