The New York Times illustrates perfectly why it's dying.

The question of how to weigh affirmative action versus equal opportunity may become a real issue during the Presidential campaign.

There are two ways to interpret the law: a) favor individual rights over societal rights or b) favor society's rights over the rights of the individual. Individuals won two!

And our reasons why.

But that's OK, because their intentions are Good and Right.

Obama must make a fateful choice.

The press's slavishly worshipful adoration of Barack Obama, and rabid hatred of the GOP, is getting absurd.

The justices of California's Supreme Court have utter disdain for democracy and contempt for the lowly voters who express opinions they disagree with.

Blame the victim? Blame whitey? Or roll up your sleeves and get to work?

It seems pretty clear that McCain expects to reach the Oval Office without the Republican base.