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Does anyone remember Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price? He was the Black guy who went nuts when one of his White colleagues suggested that the local traffic ticket collections department operated like a black hole. A special meeting about Dallas County traffic tickets turned tense and bizarre this afternoon. County commissioners were discussing problems with the central collections office that is used to process traffic ticket payments and handle other paperwork normally done by the JP Courts. Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield, who is white, said it seemed that central collections “has become a black hole” because paperwork reportedly has become...

Governor Sarah Palin ignited another media frenzy by accusing President Barack Obama of, er, not being man enough to stand against illegal immigration. The other night, Palin appeared on “Hannity” to defend her remarks in an interview that David Neiwert at Crooks & Liars objects to as glaringly inconsistent. And for once, he’s got a point. Palin first says that Obama’s not securing the border because he’s inexperienced and “in over his head.” But later, at Sean Hannity’s suggestion, the governor agrees that he’s doing it out of ideology and a desire to “fundamentally transform” America: So wait, which is...

Over the past two weeks what President Barack Obama dubbed "the Sestak issue" has focused national attention on the shady (and possibly illegal) backroom dealing by the current administration. But what has garnered little attention until now is the effect the issue has had on Representative Joe Sestak (D-Pennsylvania) himself.