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Opinion: Racial Pride, or Racism?
By Michael Medved - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- The recent skirmish between the NAACP and the Tea Party, along with the complicated case of Shirley Sherrod, brought new attention to uncomfortable old questions about racism and double standards. Many conservatives -- including several callers to my radio show -- made the case that the unapologetic African-American advocacy represented by the NAACP amounted to race-based bias that pushed the interests of one group at the expense of all others. I disagreed, and countered that that the whole concept of "black pride" and solidarity deserved more respectful attention than the notion ...
Karen Laub-Novak's Art Expressed Her Conservative Politics
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyKaren Laub-Novak, who passed away at 71 in August, was a well-known Washington artist and a conservative political activist. She was married for 46 years to conservative writer and Catholic theologian-philosopher Michael Novak. "My mom had a way of combining modern art and religion and realism," says Laub-Novak's daughter, Jana Novak. "I always used to joke that she was able to represent in art conservative politics versus liberal politics." Laub-Novak's sculptures, paintings and prints are currently on display at the John Paul II Cultural Center at Catholic University through Nov. 15. The ...
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