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*In the Los Angeles mayoral race, the Kevin James “racial comments” that the Garcetti Mayoral campaign has tried to ignore, despite calls for repudiation, tells us a lot about who Eric Garcetti is. This is really not about what Kevin James is. Obviously he has a base and when you’re running for office, you try [...]
The Republican’s success, in the intentional blocking of gun control legislation, has some very significant ramifications for the Obama policy agenda. It was painful to watch our president have to publicly scold Congress for failing to do something the whole nation wanted and needed, gun control legislation. When you can shoot a Congresswoman, shoot [...]
*There are some things in our society that matter and need not be explained. We live in a society where we have forgotten about the things that matter. We find ourselves explaining things that shouldn’t have to be explained and paying attention to things that we should give absolutely no attention. Nonsense now makes the [...]
*There has been another raging discussion to take place over the past couple months, the school to prison pipeline. How many different ways can we say that the absence of investment in America’s intellectual capital causes, even promotes, devastating social consequences? And how many different ways can we access the racial consequences of misapplied forms [...]
*I read a commentary recently lamenting the elimination of the designation of the term, “Negro” for American born Africans, now commonly referred to as “African Americans,” from the U.S. Census form. I just shook my head, said “Good-bye, Negro and turned the page. I didn’t pay much attention to it Then one of my more [...]
*The observation of the King Holiday is our annual engagement in romanticizing the life of a 20th century prophet and martyr that is troublesome, at best, sacrilege, at worse. How have turned a day of observation into a day celebration is puzzling to me. Exactly what does black America have to celebrate? The re-election of [...]
*The “fiscal cliff” drama, that threatened across the board cuts to all government spending if a budget reduction solution by December 31st, 2012, took the nation to the brink of emotion. Some suggest, needlessly. Playing a shameless game of chicken, the Republican Party showed they hadn’t learned a damn thing in the spanking they took [...]
*The events of the past week have been horrifying and gut wrenching. Unimaginable as it was, it was a pathology society has come to accept. A toxic mix of accepted (and benign) anti-social behavior, mental illness and guns has taken America by storm, once again. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a troubled [...]
*Columnist Anthony Asadullah Samad finds himself in a bit of a pickle. Samad has been named in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him and the 100 Black Men of Los Angeles. A previous claim against him and the 100 Black Men was filed in 2008. In that case, the plaintiff won her case. On [...]
*November 18th, 1978 is one of the most tragic days in American history. Tragedy takes many forms in our society, but there is nothing more tragic than the violation of one’s faith. People believe, sometimes, because they have nothing else to believe in. Some people believe because they don’t know what to believe, and in [...]
*It has been quite entertaining watching the post election results analysis, particularly among Republican strategists, pundits and commentators. “The pollsters lied to us.” “The Romney campaign operatives lied to us.” “The party leadership lied to us.” The Republicans, including the likes of Newt Gingrich, Joe Scarborough and other prominent conservatives, are looking for someone to [...]
*The Elections season of 2012 is nearly over. We could not fathom the degree of hypocrisy this campaign season produced, as nearly anything and everything has been said by the Romney/Ryan team to win the election. You have to be careful about someone that will say anything to get something they want. Both Romney and [...]
*Since the first Presidential Debate took place last week, some people think the world has changed. The world has changed…but only their minds. One debate does not a campaign make, however, in a simpletons—simple analysis arrive at simple conclusion. We cannot succumb to simplistic analysis of a highly complex effort to retake the government from [...]
*The first Presidential Debate took place this week (after deadline). But the “hype” started two weeks ago. Hopefully the debate lived up to the hype (analysis next week), but the “set up” is worth some space because of the diverse motives that are served here. It is true that one debate does not make a [...]
*The picture is complete and the match-up for this year’s Presidential elections have been set. The “presumptive nominee” of the Republican Party, Gov. Mitt Romney, selected Wisconsin House Representative, Paul Ryan, to be his Vice Presidential running mate. So, it will be Obama and Biden versus Romney and Ryan. Could it get more interesting? Yes, [...]
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