To My Town Hall-Protesting Friends: The Death Panels Are Already Here (And...
As the discussion regarding healthcare has risen to a fever pitch (yes I’m being generous by calling it a discussion), the myths, half-truths and, sometimes, outright lies have began to take root. The...
View ArticleTo My Town Hall-Protesting Friends: The Death Panels Are Already Here (And...
As the discussion regarding healthcare has risen to a fever pitch (yes I’m being generous by calling it a discussion), the myths, half-truths and, sometimes, outright lies have began to take root. The...
View ArticleTortured Logic: How To Fight A War & Lose Your Soul
What have we come to as a nation, when this is even a discussion? Cheney and his daughter have been making the usual stops on their "torture-apology tour." My question is: why do they still have ANY...
View ArticleWhen 9-11 & Healthcare Reform Converge
As we commemorate, (over this weekend) this 8th anniversary of that somber and horrific day and as vigils are being, fittingly, held to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks; we need...
View ArticleThe Fine Line Between Hope & Delusion: The Gamble of President Obama’s Afghan...
Yes, there is some inherent risk in any foreign policy venture, but there seems to be something so…. what’s the word… compulsive, about our Afghan policy. Compulsive or problem gambling is defined as...
View ArticleTo Hell With Lazarus: The Canonizing of American Oligarchy, The Demonization...
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)As a child, I remember hearing in church the story of Lazarus and the rich man. I recall cringing at the idea that someone could be that insensitive to the suffering of...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part One
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Two
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Three
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Five
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Six
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Seven
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleLosing What We Never Had: The Deferred Dreams of Black America Part Eight
In light of the recent report that shows that during this current recession the already-wide racial wealth gap has grown even more wide, I thought it would be appropriate to post a series I wrote in...
View ArticleThe Invisble Asterisk: Reflections of What Might Have Been
Writer's Note: In honor of Black History Month, I am re-posting a piece I wrote for the online journal the Black Commentator in 2005. Some of the references are dated, but the main thrust of this piece...
View ArticleThe Other 1 Percent & the Deaths We Talk Too Little About
Much has been said regarding the wealthiest 1% of Americans who have tremendous economic and political power in this country, but that is another subject for another time. Today I would like to talk...
View ArticleDown To The Dollars With Very Little Sense: Gun Violence Costs As A National...
In the Declaration of Independence, the first inalienable right that is mentioned is life. Shouldn't our greatest efforts as a nation be geared toward the preservation of life? We can ascertain certain...
View ArticleThe Power Of The Personal Narrative In The Gun Safety Debate
Here is a profound and glaring hypocrisy in our failure to craft gun laws that work: GOP legislatures across the country passed law after law to combat the imaginary problem of in-person voter fraud....
View ArticleDr. Ed Rhymes Discusses Relationship Between Police And Black Men In America...
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – In the wake of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, has the effort to progress Race Relations in this country gone backwards? That was the question asked when Author and...
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