Travel Advice? It’s Easy Should you Do It Smart
Amongst the various travel websites, some of them are really real and are adopted by 1000’s of travelers and vacationers globally. No reaction. I was fairly pleased with my adventure, … Read More
Category: America
‘Scratching where they didn’t itch….’
On the evening of April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech. The world remembers his speech in Memphis, Tennessee, as the Mountaintop Speech. Most famously, … Read More
Read Between the Lies
If nothing more than for the brilliant musical score, many of us have watched the biographical movie about the life of Ray Charles more than once. If you are like … Read More
Opinion || The Weaker of the House
The parents of Republican politicians must have taught their kids not to make the bed, sweep the dirt under the carpet, and that a little dried egg on the corner … Read More
Kevin McCarthy, Changing for Unacceptable Things
Writer, activist, philosopher, and teacher Angela Davis said, “ I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept. Her twist on … Read More
Self-Inflicted Crisis at the Border
There is an old saw that goes; there is your side, my side, and the truth is in the middle. The liberal perspective advocates a humanitarian view, finding a way … Read More
False and Misleading, but Legal?
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee’s ranking member tried to pull off a well-worn Republican tactic to hide malfeasance and misdeeds. Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) wrapped himself in the … Read More
I Live in Fear
I am a black man living in an urban city. Being in this skin, one must think about chance encounters with police going horribly wrong and street crime. To my … Read More
Opinion | What if her name were “Buffy” Griner
Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle are an American love story. Let us try a thought experiment. Instead of being a 6’9” basketball player and black lesbian, Brittney Griner is … Read More
It is What it is | Commentary
I grew up in the 1960s, and verbal memes were significant in my black experience. Conversational shorthand was prevalent, with words like solid, psych’, and even rap having a different … Read More
Is It Really the Far-Right?
Yet another mass shooting happened overnight near my sister’s home in Virginia. After the body counts, the gnashing of teeth, and the solemn looks of talking heads interviewing the survivors … Read More
It Seems We Have Been Here Before
The last piece I contributed to this forum was last Wednesday, November 16, 2022. It was entitled Mass Shootings: An American Institution. Admittedly it was a retelling—in part—of the mass … Read More
Mass Shootings: An American Institution | Commentary
Three young men and football players at the University of Virginia lost their lives in a mass shooting that wounded two others returning from a class excursion. The three young … Read More
Evaluating the Evaluators
I was surprised this weekend when I looked out my window and did not see masked marauders carrying clubs, knives, or guns. My neighbors were not cowering in fear, trying … Read More
Voting, Stops the Madness | Commentary
In the last days of campaigning, Republicans are narrowing their election focus to the so-called independent voter and conservative Democrats. Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz told his supporters … Read More
Fear or Hope?
While hyperventilating over imagined affronts such as kitty litter in schools to accommodate kids who believe they are animals or teaching courses that may offend little white kids with history, … Read More
One Stop Shopping?
A part of the nationalistic, anti-immigrant, and rising anti-Semitic hunger in America is the refusal to examine the U.S. side of the border. The last presidential administration wanted to build … Read More
When Money and Politics Become Life
The split in America is less about politics than—it is—politics becoming our lives. It is more about party alliances and tribal wars. It has reached such a crescendo that in … Read More
The DeSantis Cartel and other GOP signs of Fascism
The video of the grinning, cackling devotees of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ deliberate cruelty is what we should fear. No signs of empathy or concern, just scornful sarcasm and laughter. … Read More
…but did you know the Queen of England is dead?
A day after the Queen of England died, the President of the United States traveled to Ohio. Joe Biden announced a manufacturing revitalization plan for the rustiest of the rust … Read More
Historians Repeat Themselves
Recently, and not the first or last time, issues involving the black community have been workshopped without input from one of the groups it affects most. On August 4, University … Read More
Pinkos, Pedophiles, and Projection ||Commentary
In the mid-1920s, the term ‘Pinko’ reared its accusatory head. Anyone deemed a sympathizer but not a full-on communist was labeled a pinko—dare I say—semi-communist. The word’s resurgence was on … Read More
Finally, the 'Socialists' are Calling Out the Fascists?
I have been a registered Democrat since 1976. Over the years, I have had many verbal—but respectable—battles with Republicans, Libertarians, and the Green Party. Throughout all those sometimes contentious disagreements, … Read More
Republicans Feeding the Birds
Most of us have lived next door to a man or woman who opens the backdoor to their home, welcomes the morning sun, and tosses out breadcrumbs for the birds. … Read More
Protection, Tuition, and the Rich || Opinion
I was thrilled to wake up this morning and see the Biden administration hitting back at the critics of the President’s college-loan debt relief program. As the GOP gropes and … Read More
Please, No More Celebrities
In 2007 when former President Barack Obama announced for the presidency, Republicans immediately labeled him a celebrity candidate. Juxtaposed against shots of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears sauntering through crowds, … Read More
A Trump Pardon Means the End of America
Trumpites were fond of saying promises made, promises kept at the end of his disastrous administration. They could not say that the promises made to the middle class and the … Read More
Republicans Fiddle While America Burns
Democrats have an opportunity to simplify the treacherous and near treasonous behavior of Donald Trump. Plain talk is required. I attended a neighborhood improvement meeting, and the local councilman started … Read More
Commentary| Great Minds Think…
Growing up in black America and old enough to remember, pridefully watching many blacks do something for the first time embeds possibilities in one’s historical eye. Two of the icons … Read More
History Proves America Can Withstand
On August 8, 1974, a reflective and less defiant Richard Nixon became the first American President to resign his office. As a member of the black community who had seen … Read More
Made up Memos, Rules, and Traditions
To begin with, the Constitution makes no allowance for the arrest of a lawless current or former President. If that presidential exception existed, a sitting president could stand on Fifth … Read More
Pre-Life Politics | Opinion
The GOP keeps dropping their theocratic pants, and America gets mooned. Despite having no platform beyond trolling the Democratic party, and self-serving religious attacks disguised as culture clashes, America is … Read More
My Apologies for Bringing Up Racism
Being a black man, I have a perspective that I am sure will match the experience of other races. People of color in America spend a lot of time apologetic … Read More
Under or Over Reaction?
Shortly after the slap heard ‘round the world last night, I feared my phone would catch fire from the tweets, messages, and calls. I am notorious for avoiding self-congratulatory award shows, … Read More
Ukraine gets immediate help. Why so hard to get help in America? Media Objectivity & more
We must help Ukraine on humanitarian terms. But shouldn’t we help Americans who are struggling from another form of invasion? Media objectivity, please! It is not only about Ukraine. Chat … Read More
O’Donnell Challenges Vindman on Ukraine. Thom Hartmann on Big Brother in America. COVID neglect!
O’Donnell challenged Vindman on supplying Ukrainians. Thom Hartmann discusses The History of Big Brother In America. Are we repeating COVID mistake? Thom Hartmann on Big Brother x YouTube Video Chat … Read More
Fmr. Treasury Secretary: Inflation is big business’ answer to take back wage increases.
In his interview with Lawrence O’Donnell, Larry Summers exposed the inconvenient truth about inflation and much more; It is shameful. He makes it clear inflation is a fraud x x … Read More
Right-Wing useful tools of Putin, GOP reenabling COVID epidemic, Clayvon Harris on urban schools
Tucker Carlson and Fox News are Putin propagandists. Clayvon Harris speaks on urban schools. Jen Psaki dings GOP on COVID relief but not hard enough. Clayvon Harris discusses urban schools … Read More
Thom Hartmann: Putin is the dog that caught the car. This is going to be the end of his presidency.
I asked Thom Hartmann, host of the #1 Progressive Thom Hartmann show his thoughts on Ukraine/Russia/Putin. He said the dog caught the car. I think Thom Hartmann hit the nail … Read More
Empowering unions. Wall Street firm aiding Russia. Psaki schools Doocy on inflation. Proxy war.
Evette Avery Herrod, a union activist discusses the state of unions. A rep. wants a proxy war. Psaki schools Doocy again. Wall Street vultures continue. Unions x YouTube Video Chat … Read More
The White Underbelly
Right-wing provocateur and author Ann Coulter, in 2017, told the world, “In 20 years, Russia will be the only country that is recognizably European.” Coulter was not trying to be … Read More
Fox News' Peter Doocy tries to corner Jen Psaki on inflation and gets schooled in economics.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy continues to challenge Jen Psaki. She used his disingenuous question on inflation to school him in economics. Jen Psaki schools Peter Doocy again. Now on inflation. … Read More
Why gasoline prices are a fraud on us all, and here is the solution that will re-empower us all.
Reputable and unreputable outlets instill in us that oil shortages justifying gasoline price hikes are justified. The price hikes are a fraud. Gasoline fraud x x YouTube Video Watch Politics … Read More
Right Winger called the radio station to complain about my leftist message HERE'S MY CALL TO HER!
I got a message from my KPFT 90.1 FM Station manager. A listener complained about my suggestion that we nationalize oil. Here is what happened when I called her back. . … Read More
Lost in Space
Warning, warning! I ventured off the planet for a few days and visited Fox Universe. I was told that President Joe Biden controls gas and petroleum prices. Putin is not … Read More
Psaki gave best response to a question on Right-Wing Rep. Cawthorn's claim Ukraine's Prez's a thug.
.Jen Psaki is just that good as she silences a reporter asking about Rep CawthornCawthornthor's statement that Ukraine's president is a thug. Jen Psaki has the perfect answer x x … Read More
Jen Psaki schools cognitive-dissonant Doocy: Ask oil companies to justify their failure.
The willfully ignorant Peter Doocy showed his ignorance of the oil crisis. Jen Psaki schooled him. But the subject is much more profound. Jen Psaki schools Peter Doocy on oil. … Read More
Why gasoline prices are a fraud on us all. Isaac Saul tackles the Right & Left. Green Energy now
We have been indoctrinated into believing that all crises mean high gasoline prices. Isaac Saul, founder, and editor of Tangle discusses the Right/Left debate. Isaac Saul on the Left/Right debate … Read More
Fmr. Ambassador on Fmr. Colonel support of Ukraine No-Fly Zone: IT’S A DECLARATION OF WAR!
Former Colonel Alexander Vindman wants the U.S. to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine. Former Ambassador Michael McFaul said that’s a declaration of war. It’s a declaration of war x … Read More
No-fly zone is war! Doocy schooled on oil. 1st Jan. 6 insurrectionist trial: Guilty on all charges
Once again Jen Psaki schooled Peter Doocy. Alex Vindman wants a no-fly zone. Former ambassador said that is war. Insurrectionist was convicted. Insurrectionist found guilty x YouTube Video Chat – … Read More
