Jacko Obsessed With Whiteness?

“Whenever a black celebrity is accused of sexual misconduct, black people are called to circle the wagons and defend that person against evil white people who are scheming to bring that person down. (Black women are expected to keep quiet if the target is a black man. I’m pretty sick of that, [...]

"Should We Cry When the Pope Dies?"

In his famous dirge, “Blasphemy,” Tupac Shakur asked “Should we cry, when the Pope dies?/my request/we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcolm X.” The recent decline in the Pope’s health got me to thinking about this Pope and his legacy, and whether I, as an non-Catholic African American, should mourn his impending [...]

President Passes the Buck on WMD

“As former secretary of state Colin L. Powell worked into the night in a New York hotel room, on the eve of his February 2003 presentation to the U.N. Security Council, CIA officers sent urgent e-mails and cables describing grave doubts about a key charge he was going to make.
On the [...]

Jacko Obsessed With Whiteness?

“Whenever a black celebrity is accused of sexual misconduct, black people are called to circle the wagons and defend that person against evil white people who are scheming to bring that person down. (Black women are expected to keep quiet if the target is a black man. I’m pretty sick of that, [...]

"Should We Cry When the Pope Dies?"

In his famous dirge, “Blasphemy,” Tupac Shakur asked “Should we cry, when the Pope dies?/my request/we should cry if they cried when we buried Malcolm X.” The recent decline in the Pope’s health got me to thinking about this Pope and his legacy, and whether I, as an non-Catholic African American, should mourn his impending [...]

President Passes the Buck on WMD

“As former secretary of state Colin L. Powell worked into the night in a New York hotel room, on the eve of his February 2003 presentation to the U.N. Security Council, CIA officers sent urgent e-mails and cables describing grave doubts about a key charge he was going to make.
On the [...]

Profile: Right Wing Nut John R. Bolton

The Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced yesteday that they will opposed the nomination of John R. Bolton as US Amabssador to the United Nations. As the Democrats attempt to demonstrate that they do have a backbone–and perhaps another body part suggesting power–let’s take look at the man they oppose. Bolton has a [...]

Profile: Right Wing Nut John R. Bolton

The Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced yesteday that they will opposed the nomination of John R. Bolton as US Amabssador to the United Nations. As the Democrats attempt to demonstrate that they do have a backbone–and perhaps another body part suggesting power–let’s take look at the man they oppose. Bolton has a [...]