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Technology investor Peter Thiel implored Republicans from the convention stage on Thursday against waging "culture wars" on lesbian, gay and transgender communities, mere days after the GOP approved a national platform that defines marriage as between “one man and one woman.” Thiel, who himself is gay, stressed that "every American has a unique identity." He said attempts to require transgender Americans to use particular bathrooms is a "distraction from our real problem." And in a first for a GOP convention, the Facebook board member and PayPal co-founder drew attention to his own sexuality: "I am proud to be gay, I...

Is the election of Barack Obama a victory for racial tolerance and equality? Or is Obama just a clever politician surfing the  fathomless supply of white guilt, like the three famous Revs --- Jesse, Al and J-Rite? Is Obama the bearer of post-racial forgiveness, or is he just good at the ole' slice and dice? In a way it doesn't matter. To liberals a black president equals goodness and virtue. It's the ultimate in racial reductionism. Barack Obama has become his race. That's identity politics. But then, the same people believe from the bottom of their capacious hearts that FDR...