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Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action, Continuing Thomas’s Personal Vendetta

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 10:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Supreme Court ends affirmative action Today, the Supreme Court ended affirmative action. It ruled that the 14th Amendment prohibits public colleges and universities from using racial preferences. And that the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits any school receiving federal funds from using race as a factor in admissions. This case was the most controversial of the term. But this decision is anticlimactic. After… Read more.

Anna Nicole Smith Married Her Secret Girlfriend – and Forced a Bahamian Minister to Resign

Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 6:26 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Anna Nicole Smith married her secret girlfriend A new documentary about Anna Nicole Smith dropped on Netflix — and it revealed she was reportedly in a ‘secret relationship.’ Melissa ‘Missy’ Byrum, a friend of the late model, claimed in the doc — titled “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me” — that the two were… Read more.

Tim Scott Launches Presidential Exploratory Committee

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Yesterday Tim Scott launched a presidential exploratory committee. That should have filled Blacks with pride. But nothing could have been further from the truth. The reason is simple. Scott is little more than a right-wing Republican in Blackface. Tim Scott launches presidential exploratory committee I’ve been decrying his self-hating, hunky-dory politics for years. It began… Read more.

Tiger Woods Withdraws from The Masters

Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Tiger Woods made the cut at The Masters last weekend. But a leg injury – this time – forced him to withdraw. Woods still got more media attention and praise than any other golfer who played. Jon Rahm won the tournament. And Phil Mickelson became the oldest runner-up in PGA history. But you’d never know… Read more.

New York City Is Being Led by a Black Mayor, Commissioner, and DA for the First Time. Is That Why Crime Is Soaring?

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 10:12 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

No. For starters, crime is not soaring. It’s at historic lows. In fact, the incidence of everything from murder to rape and petty theft was five times higher in the 1980s and early 1990s than it is today. Perception vs. reality But thanks to social media, so many crimes get viral coverage, almost every crime… Read more.

Hated Meghan ‘Commiserating’ with Beloved Serena 

Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 6:32 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Meghan commiserating with Serena Meghan Markle says people hate her because she’s ambitious, like Serena Williams. That’s her way of commiserating.  She released the first episode of her Archetypes podcast today. It features Markel lashing out at those who criticized her for marrying Prince Harry. That reveals how clueless and self-absorbed she is. After all, Markel titled this episode “The Misconception of… Read more.

Biden Should’ve Settled Khashoggi Issue Before Visiting Saudi Arabia

Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 5:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

President Biden’s first state visit to the Middle East is being defined by the superficial way he greeted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and by the political way they discussed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In fact, reporters are dogging Biden and his team with questions about Khashoggi – as if his murder… Read more.

Justice Thomas Would Ban Same-Sex Marriage, Contraceptives, Even His Own Interracial Marriage…

Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 8:51 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Justice Clarence Thomas upstaged his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court with his concurring opinion when they overruled Roe v. Wade (1973) last month. They defied common sense to argue that the rationale they were using to do so only applied to abortion. Read more.

Alas, the James Webb Telescope Shows We Are All Alone…

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Listening to scientists wax euphoric about images from this James Webb telescope, you’d be forgiven for thinking that science has suddenly become all about the evidence of things not seen. Because the disconnect between the nothingness these images show and the being these scientist are raving about smacks of Donald Trump telling his MAGA supporters… Read more.