Haters Insure Vick Won’t be Finally Free
Michael Vick has done everything humanly possible to atone for his dog torturing past. He was tried, convicted and jailed. He accepted full responsibility for his actions. He’s virtually prostrated...
View ArticleMr. President, Have a Great Trip to Israel
Jonathan you scream “Mr. President, stay home. No one should have to die for a largely symbolic media event” in reference to President Obama’s upcoming two day state visit to Israel. But there are as...
View ArticleWhat’s Next Drone Strikes in Los Angeles?
Dismayed yes, surprised no, that Los Angeles could at some point in the not too distant future see drone use and indeed even drone strikes in and around the city. That possibility became more than just...
View ArticleGays Owe a Big Debt of gratitude to President Obama on Gay Marriage
No matter which way the Supreme ultimately rules on gay marriage, pro or con, narrowly or expansively, gay rights organizations owe President Obama a debt of gratitude for pushing the nation’s opinion...
View ArticleIs the GOP Sincere in Denouncing its Bigots?
In a week’s time the wide range of what was once considered routine GOP bigotry was on full display. Dave Agema, a former West Michigan state representative, and Republican National Committeeman called...
View ArticleThe Never Ending Hypocrisy of Hiding behind the Bible on Gay Marriage
The long standing reason for shoving the courts, the federal government and the states into the private relations between two adult consenting men or women is the Bible. There are those two infamous...
View ArticleAssault Weapons Ban Fight Is Far More Than Sideshow Symbolism
The furious battle over an assault gun ban in Congress certainly proves the adage politics makes strange bedfellows. The NRA, of course, has moved heaven and earth to kill even the faintest mention of...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s High Stakes Budget Gamble
President Obama’s proposal to put Medicare and Social Security back on the budget bargaining table ignited a virtual palace revolt among administration loyalists. The flashpoint is the proposal to tie...
View ArticleNothing Cool about Cool J and Paisley’s Racial Soft Pedal
It’s true as Jonathan says that symbols, signs, paraphernalia and the trappings of the three are often fleeting, overblown and even meaningless. But slavery and the Confederate flag hardly fit the...
View ArticleThe NRA’s Terror Campaign against Congress Kicks into High Gear
Earl Ofari Hutchinson The dust had barely settled on the Senate’s vote to shortstop the GOP filibuster against the compromise deal that some GOP and conservative Democratic senators brokered on the gun...
View ArticleGOP has New Dilemma in Feud with Tea Party
In rapid succession, Tea Party leaders in Alaska, Ohio, and Florida recently saber rattled GOP governors, chairs, and local party officials of various stripes. Their offense was that they were too...
View ArticleOfficials Right to Damp Down Muslim Terrorism Fear in Boston Marathon Bombing
President Obama’s first official statement on the Boston Marathon bombing couldn’t have been plainer on this point: “We still do not know who did this or why. And people shouldn’t jump to conclusions...
View ArticleHunt Terrorists, Not Witchhunt Muslims
President Obama’s cautious admonition not to rush to judgment about the Boston Marathon terror bombing until all the facts were in put a momentary check on the media and some in the public who were...
View ArticleBomber Suspects Guns Big Slap at NRA’s Gun Control Obstinacy
Boston bomber suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev reportedly horded a small arsenal of guns. They were automatic weapons. They did not have to go through a background check or have a...
View ArticleIt’s Not About Thomas Perez, It’s Again About President Obama
The GOP’s whiplash of President Obama’s Labor Secretary pick, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez, is not about his alleged over the top activist cheerlead of labor, civil rights,...
View ArticleThomas’s Race Hit on Obama No Surprise
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did the seemingly impossible. He turned from court mute to a hit man on President Obama. In an interview at Duquesne University Law School in April, Thomas snidely...
View ArticleIt’s not Benghazi, It’s President Obama
The GOP won’t give up on Benghazi for the simple reason that any and everything no matter how big, small, trivial, or downright nutty, that even remotely allows it to slur President Obama it will race...
View ArticleCharles Ramsey Stood Racial Stereotypes on their Head
A week after the great debate over whether Charles Ramsey is an American hero or another American casualty of media induced racial stereotyping or both after helping save the lives of the three...
View ArticlePresident Obama Slays Business Killer Myth
There are two pesky myths about Democratic presidents. One is that they are inherently dovish on foreign policy and they are anti-big business in their domestic policy. The GOP myth that Democratic...
View ArticleWhy the Public Should Yawn Over Alleged Obama Scandals
The mostly media driven scandal talk involving President Obama has so far stirred barely a yawn among the public. There are good reasons. The four alleged scandals, Benghazi, the IRS, the AP leaks, and...
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