The American Political System: The Mistrust Problem
It’s been a little while since I’ve written anything here. In part, my absence was due to just being busy with work, but that’s not the only reason. Sometimes, I just need to stop and just soak...
View ArticleOur Black Year: A Odyssey to Support Black Business
I took a break from my busy schedule a couple of weeks ago to attend an event sponsored by the Philadelphia African-American Chamber of Commerce where Maggie Anderson, author of Our Black Year was a...
View ArticleUS Government seizes 307 domains in the defense of the NFL
This falls into the category of the sort of news that’s significant, but is relegated to the back pages, while the diversionary infotainment that informs you of nothing is in the headlines. Here’s...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich on Black Business
Robert Sengstacke Abbott--Publisher of the Chicago Defender The republican candidates had much to say about African-Americans during the recent South Carolina primary. Here an excerpt from a 1993...
View ArticleWhy Romney has a problem
I now understand why Romney got shellacked in South Carolina while complaining that Gingrich is playing the class warfare card. Take a look at the clip below. It’s about a half hour long and gets...
View ArticleIs provoking wars an American tradition?
The USS Maine It seems to me that there’s an accepted narrative when it comes to history and current events that involve our nation. The theme that cuts across both is the idea that we’ve only entered...
View ArticleConservative columnist defends Obama
image I have my issues with Obama, however that doesn’t extend to literally everything that he’s done. I detest the empty accusations around him being a socialist and a spendthrift. These accusations...
View ArticleDr. Sam Richards: A Radical Experiment in Empathy
I just discovered Dr. Sam Richards, a sociologist at Penn State University who gives a lecture in the excellent video below. The video focuses primarily on Iraq, but applies to US policy towards...
View ArticleRolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi questions Obama’s Honesty
I really dislike the labels of conservative and liberal as the implication is that these are mutually exclusive political positions. I just happen to think that most people are rarely one or the...
View ArticleThe Political Establishment’s Nightmare: Ron Paul
The republican primary has taken some twists and turns since the exit of Herman Cain a couple of weeks ago. At first, it seemed that Newt Gingrich was the main beneficiary of Cain’s exit, but now...
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