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Black users of crack cocaine are far more likely to end up in jail than White users of powder cocaine. Nothing exemplifies unequal justice in America better than this. Two things explain this disparity: racism and wealth. They also explain why Blacks who steal peanuts end up in jail while Whites who embezzle millions walk… Read more.
Far too few Americans, especially Black ones, are aware of the almost 30-year legal battle Black farmers launched in 1983 against the U.S. government. They claimed that, for decades, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) denied them loans and technical assistance, which it routinely offered to White farmers. Well, here is how President Obama hailed the settlement… Read more.
There’s no denying that Kim Kardashian is to Reality TV what Kate Middleton is to Royalty (sorry Paris). Therefore, given the way Reality TV now saturates our culture, it’s hardly surprising that news of her filing for divorce yesterday – after only 72 days of marriage – made headlines both in the tabloid and mainstream… Read more.
The funny thing is that I don’t think there has ever been a wannabe president who was so damn proud of his ignorance. In any case, I’d say he has about 3 of his 15 minutes left before he becomes too much of a national laughing stock even for his Republican puppet masters. (Herman Cain’s… Read more.
It will probably be decades before my team, the Washington Nationals, even make it to a League Series, let alone the World Series. Therefore, I had no vested interest in the outcome of this year’s World Series that played out in such dramatic fashion over the past week. Except that I would have liked to… Read more.
I have noticed lately that more and more women are wearing fat suits on TV – either as a comedic gag or under the absurd pretense of presuming to experience what it’s like to be a fat woman. But I think a skinny bitch wearing a fat suit is every bit as offensive as a… Read more.
I am convinced that, if reelected, Obama will seal his legacy by lifting the embargo and normalizing relations with Cuba. But where I have advocated for this cause as a categorical imperative, I am not sure that CARICOM leaders fully appreciate what lifting the embargo augurs for our zero-sum regional economy. Be careful what you… Read more.
There’s nothing new about politicians embellishing their biographies to ingratiate themselves with voters. Most notable in this respect are men who fabricate military experience – complete with battlefield heroics. And, remarkably enough, they often suffer very little, if any, consequence – as former Connecticut attorney general, now U.S. senator, Richard Blumenthal, can attest. But I… Read more.
Westerners are expressing ‘shock, shock’ that every country coming out of the Arab Spring is vowing to be governed by the Sharia laws that made Afghanistan such a pariah nation under the Taliban. Specifically, they are spooked by the fact that just this week the Tunisians elected an Islamist Party to replace the (Western-supported) dictator… Read more.
I have felt obliged on more than a few occasions to condemn blacks (like Al Sharpton) for playing the “race card” while complaining about all manner of grievances. I suspect this is why so many people expressed shock when I led the chorus of those charging that race had everything to do with the salutary neglect… Read more.
