The Crucifixion of Cynthia McKinney

Denmark Vesey comments on the manner in which former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was run out of office–twice.
“Is it something I said? Well, yes Cynthia. It is something you said. You spoke the truth. You broke the biggest taboo in America - you addressed the obvious connection between faked evidence for war, US Foreign [...]

NPR’s Juan Williams: "Say it Loudly: Poor Blacks Can Succeed"

“The black American middle class is under attack. And what is their sin? The fire is coming from black academics who argue that any middle-class black person calling on the black poor to take advantage of opportunities to get out of poverty is really ashamed of poor black people. And the charges can get personal. [...]

Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford also passed away over the holidays. Bob Woodward has reported that Ford too thought as so many of us did: “I don’t think I would have gone to war.” He said this in 2004 during a 4 hour conversation with Woodward for a book. Ford said that his comments could be [...]