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Black enrollment at top colleges is way down, but that should come as no surprise. After all, this was the clear intent of the White supremacist anti-DEI crusaders who made banning affirmative action a political casus belli. So, mission accomplished! Meanwhile, legacy admissions continue to thrive as it has since time immemorial — as “affirmative… Read more.
You know we’re in deep doo-doo when AI developers turn to Oprah to allay universal concerns about the existential risks AI poses. But, with all due respect to the Oprah effect, how we’re handling climate change speaks volumes. After all, we’ve had the science, the means, and the urgent calls to action. Yet, we’ve proven… Read more.
Loomer looming large in MAGA world Laura Loomer is gaining infamy as the White nationalist conspiracy nut who suddenly has Trump’s ear. MAGA darling Marjorie Taylor Greene became infamous for blaming a secret Jewish space laser for California wildfires. Yet even she is complaining that Loomer is filling Trump’s head with wacko claims, like Haitian… Read more.
So Taylor Swift is risking fame and fortune to champion democratic values and stand on the right side of history. But Patrick Mahomes doesn’t have the balls or public consciousness to do the same. Any self-respecting Black man in his position would take pride in doing all he can to stop Trump and his MAGA confederates… Read more.
Folks, even pundits on Fox News are bemoaning that Kamala did to Trump in this debate exactly what Trump did to Biden in theirs. That’s all you need to know about who won this debate. Still, I’d be remiss not to make just a few observations. Kamala’s boss moves When they were introduced, she manhandled… Read more.
Kamala will win Last Wednesday, I published “Kamala Harris Knows How to Debate. So Stop the Chauvinistic Advice.” I always heed my own advice and am convinced that, by any objective criteria, Kamala will defeat Trump easily. Indeed, Trump is running scared. He knows he can’t articulate coherent policies to save his life. That’s why… Read more.
Melania channeling Marie Antionette Last week, Melania Trump spoke from her gold-encrusted ivory tower. With Trumpian gall and hypocrisy, she complained about the rising cost of food and gas. Her life, after all, is the literal embodiment of “Let them eat cake.” Now, she’s pretending to commiserate with the common folk. The icing on the… Read more.
Colleges have finally accepted the categorical imperative of paying student-athletes; they’re just litigating how much. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. Case in point, just as smaller schools once scrounged for equipment while big schools banked TV revenue, lesser-known athletes now hustle for lunch money while stars rake in NIL… Read more.
It’s Groundhog Day in gun-crazy USA. Another school shooting. Another teenage boy with a military-style rifle. And another round of “thoughts and prayers” from politicians who could actually do something about this madness but won’t. This time, it’s a 14-year-old in Georgia, whose resume now includes the murder of four innocent people at Apalachee High… Read more.
The Biden administration’s latest sanctions and criminal charges against Russia for election interference are déjà vu all over again. Since 2016, the US has been slapping Russia with sanctions like a drunk at a piñata party — wildly swinging, hoping to hit something. Yet, the Russians are still at it, manipulating US public opinion to… Read more.
