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KKK imagery The top of the Washington Monument looks like the hood of a Ku Klux Klansman. This was thrown into stark relief last week. The media were covering workers repelling down the Monument. They were inspecting the damage caused by the recent earthquake. Most people seemed mesmerized by the workers’ Cirque-du-Soleil acrobatics. But I… Read more.
It speaks volumes about the brazen, pathological and pervasive nature of the ‘corruption crime spree’ alleged against Illinois’s sitting governor, Rod Blagojevich, that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald felt moved to describe it as ‘staggering’. In fact, in presenting the Justice Department’s 76-page complaint, Fitzgerald claimed that, because a clearly delusional and venal Governor Blagojevich was… Read more.
Jack B. Johnson is the chief executive for Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was as influential there as former Mayor Marion Barry was in Washington, DC. That is, until the FBI caught him and his wife flushing $100k down the toilet 11 days ago. Prince George’s executive Jack Johnson and wife arrested Prince George’s is… Read more.
Schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau had an affair with her 12-year-old student. It made her infamous, especially when she divorced her husband to marry the schoolboy. Pamela Rogers is emulating Letourneau. She’s having an affair with her 13-year-old student. Even prison couldn’t keep Letourneau away. She continued contributing to the delinquency of her minor. Remarkably, this… Read more.
Marion Barry is back on crack Marion Barry violated the terms of his probation by testing positive for cocaine. But nobody should be surprised. Because Barry was just doing what junkies do. I expressed utter contempt when he began posturing as a “born-again” politician. And I was dismayed that so many people, especially Blacks, thought… Read more.
Taylor Branch is the critically acclaimed biographer of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). At Canaan’s Edge is the third volume of his MLK trilogy. But it’s generating hype for portraying MLK as a womanizer more than a civil rights leader. Jon Meacham is Newsweek’s eminent historian. On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, he recommended… Read more.
USA Today published a doctored photo of Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice. It blackened her face and whitened her eyes. The explicit aim was to demonize rather than flatter her. That’s why it’s facing so much backlash. USA Today doctoring Dr. Rice TIME magazine published a doctored photo of O.J. Simpson to a similar effect. It wanted to portray… Read more.
