And The Winner Is . . . Alito

Bush is expected to nominate Samuel Alito (on the left) to be the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. On Sunday, the press reported that one of the three below would be nominaterd. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Michael Luttig, or Alice M. Batchelder.

All are well [...]

The State Of….The Black Family

“Marriage benefits black families and can even make a difference in whether a family with children lives in poverty, but has little or no impact on a couple’s health, according to a new study.” The article continues . . . The state of the black family concerns many scholars. “Census data show that 34 [...]

Do Black People Run Faster Than White People?

“Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry said Tuesday his coaching staff needed to recruit more African-American athletes, reiterating a comment he made Monday while talking about the state of his struggling program.”
“It’s very obvious to me the other day that the other team had a lot more Afro-American players than we did, and they ran [...]

Weekend Pop Culture: Janet Jackson Denies Having "Secret Child"

“Janet Jackson says she is not a mother. In a terse statement released Wednesday, the 39-year-old singer denied a former brother-in-law’s claim that she has a “secret” 18-year-old daughter.

“I do not have a child and all allegations saying so are false,” Jackson said in a statement released to the syndicated “Access Hollywood” TV [...]

Scooter Libby Indicted, Rove Off the Hook For Now

“Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, was indicted today by a grand jury on one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of making false statements and two counts of perjury in the CIA leak probe. The indictments are the first in a nearly two-year investigation into the public unmasking of [...]

. . . On Account Of Membership In A Particular Social Group. . .

This is one of the clauses in The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), section 101(a)(42)(A) (codified at 8 U.S.C., section 1101(a)(42)(A)), that defines what a refugee is. If a refugee can demonstrate that they have suffered past persecution or have a “well-founded fear of persecution” based on this ground or one of four others, they [...]

Boyz in the ‘Burbs: The Boondocks Comes to TV

Controversial cartoonist Aaron McGruder, creator of “The Boondocks, is headed to the Cartoon Network. In this article, NEWSWEEK examines the mercurial artist.
“Boondocks” is every bit as political as those animated animal houses, but it hits one particularly hot button: race. The show was created by Aaron McGruder, who has adapted it from his syndicated com-ic [...]

Karl Rove Said to be Looking For Plea Deal

“In the closing hours of the grand jury probe, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald paid a visit yesterday to Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, prompting speculation that a plea bargain could be in the works for the deputy White House chief of staff.
It was the latest of several one-on-one meetings between Fitzgerald and [...]

Miers Withdraws Nomination!

Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination today saying that it presented a burden to the White House. Although many Republican Senators have been unwilling to give their support to Miers, White House Chief of Staff Scott McClellan dismissed the notion that Senators had been reluctant to support Miers. Her letter is here. Judge her writing [...]

What Congress Plans To Cut

Many Democrats and moderate Republicans take issue with the efforts of more extreme Republicans in their efforts to cut important government programs. Sixteen congressional committees lookd into several programs on Tuesday for cuts. Let’s take a look at which ones.
1. Federal aid to state child-support enforcement programs - Children well below the poverty would be [...]