The Politics Blog
No-holds-barred commentary on the political arena.

Would Colin Powell Be Better Off If He Kept His Mouth Shut?
Posted on December 25th, 2005 on
Sometimes it is almost pitiful to observe how a politician will humiliate himself in order to stay in favor with those of greater power. Former Secretary...

Continue Reading Would Colin Powell Be Better Off If He Kept His Mouth Shut?


Gang Violence in Iraq
Posted on December 13th, 2005 on
In putting Stanley Tookie Williams to death for the alleged shotgun killings of four people, society could be considered to have erred. Fir...

Continue Reading Gang Violence in Iraq



Troubleshooting Troublesome Traffic
Posted on October 7th, 2005 on
We love our cars. Devoted so entirely to our automobiles are we, that taking a bus or train is simply out of the question. We are willing to...

Continue Reading Troubleshooting Troublesome Traffic


The Answer To Poverty is Not More Babies
Posted on September 19th, 2005 on
T.D. Jakes is a multimillionaire businessman, a Bishop, an African-American and a regular contributor to television shows on the Trinity Broadcasting Network and Black Entertainment Tel...

Continue Reading The Answer To Poverty is Not More Babies


K-K-Katrina
Posted on September 2nd, 2005 on
Much is being made of the disproportionate suffering being done by impoverished African-Americans in the wake of hurricane Katrina. I am going to make a ...

Continue Reading K-K-Katrina


More Young African Americans are Joining the GOP
Posted on August 26th, 2005 on
The amount of minorities who own businesses grew in recent years at a rate of two or more times the national average according to a United St...

Continue Reading More Young African Americans are Joining the GOP


Priorities
Posted on August 14th, 2005 on
Related Story - Rocky Mountain News Denver hasn’t hired an African-American firefighter in five years. This is seen as a problem by many–...

Continue Reading Priorities


Sunday in the Park with a Racist
Posted on August 6th, 2005 on
A park in Memphis, Tennessee named for Confederate “hero” General Nathan Bedford Forrest and featuring an equestrian statue of him at its c...

Continue Reading Sunday in the Park with a Racist


Your Voting Rights are Not Actually in Danger
Posted on July 30th, 2005 on
My newspaper today featured an article titled “Jackson, D.C. leaders push to reauthorize Voting Rights Act”. Intrigued, not realizi...

Continue Reading Your Voting Rights are Not Actually in Danger


The debate over race in the media
Posted on July 28th, 2005 on
I read an article in Newsweek yesterday about the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film which pointed out that all of the golden-tick...

Continue Reading The debate over race in the media