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I am referring, of course, to Frederick Douglass. Because one could substitute the word “Black” for “Slave” in “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” – the famous speech he delivered on July 5, 1852, and it would still resonate. Douglass decried the myriad ways America’s treatment of black folks made a mockery… Read more.
To paraphrase the catchphrase Biden’s former boss made famous: Yes It Can. Many thought that famous picture of US President George W. Bush holding hands with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah showed the polite gesture of a young president aiding an old king. In fact, it betrayed the geopolitical reality of an old king aiding a… Read more.
Serena, the GOAT, Becomes the Sacrificial Lamb On Tuesday, Serena Williams lost in the first round to 115th-ranked Harmony Tan 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7). If ever there were a case of the GOAT looking like a sacrificial lamb, this was it. It was the 21st time that Serena Williams has played Wimbledon. It was Harmony Tan’s first… Read more.
After all, while most Republican men are still kissing Trump’s brass ass, there was Cassidy Hutchinson giving congressional testimony that could seal his doom… It was one of the most dramatic moments in a presentation filled with them: Just before President Donald J. Trump went onstage near the White House last year and urged his… Read more.
Prince Charles is facing allegations that he lords over a “cash-for-honours” racket. I am not surprised. After all, I’ve been denouncing the British royal family as royal grifters for decades. Hell, I even denounced them in “Dissing British Monarchy to Mourn American Democracy,” November 6, 2020. Such is my abiding contempt. Prince Charles bagging cash… Read more.
Podcast Episode 80 The European decolonization of Africa ended over 50 years ago. Yet nothing betrays Africa as still the white man’s burden quite like African leaders bemoaning about a war now raging in Europe preventing them from feeding their people in Africa. Related commentaries: Zimbabwe… Podcast African migration… African migrants… Listen.
Conservatives on the US Supreme Court have the whole world fretting today about what they’re up to. Because, frankly, they seem hell-bent on turning America into a Taliban-style paradise … or Gilead. They insist their job is just to apply their interpretation of what the Founding Fathers originally intended when they wrote the Constitution to… Read more.
One ruling (on abortion rights) to bear them, One ruling (on voting rights) to ban them, One ruling (on gun rights) to kill them; and in the chaos (appellate lawsuits) deny them. In the throes of the Roberts Court where even justices lie. The Supreme Court’s infamous ruling that the Second Amendment grants Americans the… Read more.
Mike Pence’s most trusted staffers and advisers have voluntarily testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. And reports are that they all did so with not just his blessing but his exhortation. Yet Pence himself has not testified. And all indications are that he has no intention of doing so … voluntarily.… Read more.
At this point, Afghanistan is beginning to rival Haiti as the most godforsaken country on Earth… Heavy rain and strong winds were frustrating search and rescue efforts late Wednesday after a massive earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 and injuring more than 1,600, government officials said. A sudden downpour washed away roads leading… Read more.
