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Open letter to President Obama

Friday, 24 July 2009 6:55 P GMT-04
When you find yourself at the bottom of a hole, it is time to quit digging.

The Obama Circus Begins

Saturday, 8 November 2008 7:49 P GMT-04
Stupid, inaccurate remark from Maya Angelou in response to Obama victory.

Questions for Obama, part 1

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 8:16 P GMT-04
How will Obama handle race hustlers?

Will this be the tipping point in Baltimore?

Saturday, 12 April 2008 9:36 P GMT-04
If we are lucky, the beat-down of art teacher Jolita Berry will bring people to their senses, and spur a demand that politicians do something other than frown meaningfully when someone is hurt.

Double standards still prevail

Thursday, 20 March 2008 1:34 P GMT-04
Kojo Snowden "gets out of jail free" on gun possession charges.

MTA violence: why is anyone surprised?

Saturday, 29 December 2007 8:01 P GMT-04
Attacks on MTA buses are nothing new, and symptomatic of a larger problem.

Where are Sharpton and Jesse?

Monday, 17 December 2007 1:25 P GMT-04
Quoting from this site: CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers. Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, and his wife, Varsha Mahen

"Whites only" toilet at Georgia Pacific?

Monday, 12 November 2007 12:18 P GMT-04
A tempest in a teapot.

The Inscrutable Black Redneck

Tuesday, 30 October 2007 11:12 A GMT-04
What ails someone like this?

Woodlawn's usual gang of bigots uprising again

Saturday, 20 October 2007 7:08 P GMT-04
Woodlawn has had bigots for decades, although the target of the bigotry has changed somewhat.

There is no Emmett Till among the "Jena Six" - UPDATE 2

Saturday, 6 October 2007 10:50 A GMT-04
SHAME on Al Sharpton, for even attempting to draw a parallel between the six unruly brats in Jena and anyone who was lynched, murdered, or even inconvenienced in the name of Civil Rights for blacks.

Fired for too much perfume, plays "race card"

Wednesday, 3 October 2007 12:59 P GMT-04
Can't win her case on the facts, so she decides she's the target of "thinly veiled" racism.

Muslims Conquer Chicago

Wednesday, 3 October 2007 12:55 P GMT-04
ONE Muslim parent's protest derails holiday celebrations for the majority.

Deep Thinking on the Left and Right Coasts

Monday, 10 September 2007 8:33 P GMT-04
NYU scientists think liberal minds may be "superior" to conservative ones, and yet...

From the City of Big Shoulders, "Speak English!"

Monday, 4 June 2007 10:01 P GMT-04
Chicago teacher fights the pernicious influence of "Ebonics"

Ho-Hum Obama

Wednesday, 18 April 2007 3:48 P GMT-04
Obama is a snore in Milwaukee, wastes audience's time.

Apparently the Duke players deserved it, says Moran

Saturday, 14 April 2007 10:31 A GMT-04
Terry Moran says "don't feel too sorry for the 'Dukies'. "

Blogger1947 to Imus & Sharpton: Just Go Away

Thursday, 12 April 2007 11:37 A GMT-04
If anything disgusts me more than the insincere and perfunctory apologies rendered by someone in the public eye who has been caught doing something stupid, it is the self-righteousness of those demanding the perfunctory apology.

An accolade long overdue

Sunday, 25 February 2007 4:19 P GMT-04
Medical pioneer Viven Thomas is finally honored.

Affirmative action at work

Friday, 9 February 2007 3:36 P GMT-04
Meaningless statistics from the NYPD, but they will undoubtedly be spun.

Agitprop from the AP

Sunday, 28 January 2007 11:10 P GMT-04
The AP slugs its story: White Atlanta suburbs push for secession

Black caucus racists

Sunday, 28 January 2007 11:04 P GMT-04
A flock of hypocrites.

Elijah Cummings upstages the President

Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:00 A GMT-04
Cummings refuses to give the President the floor for the State of the Union without making his own snarky introductory remarks.

A Redneck's look at Martin Luther King

Friday, 19 January 2007 11:17 A GMT-04
Not what you think...

James Brown, RIP

Thursday, 28 December 2006 11:12 A GMT-04
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Mr. Please-Please-Please himself, joins the other immortals of rock 'n' roll.