On Politics and Family

I (rich) was in California during the latter part of last week and over the weekend for a cousin’s wedding. A marriage brings together two families. The wedding brings together a number of families to celebrate that marriage. These families typically have different views on politics.
Long story short some members of the extended family [...]

America Has Lost a Generation of Black Boys

“There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of young black men. The question that remains is will we lose the next two or three generations, [...]

Bloggers vs The Lobby

Former Israeli PM, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, pictured.
“Despite the failure in Iraq, the repudiation of the president’s foreign policy in opinion polls and the 2006 elections, and the collapse of respect for the U.S. in most other countries, support for the Bush Doctrine of preventive war remains surprisingly intact among one important slice of Americans: the [...]