jimi izrael

Single Father, Author, Screenwriter, Award-Winning Journalist, NPR Moderator, Lecturer and College Professor. Habitual Line-Stepper

About The Hardline

One man's opinion on very nearly everything. It's hard but it's fair.

All JUNE POSTS (15)

Jackson Family Values

What's best for the children?

Transformers: No Racism or Plot

Maybe even less than meets the eye...

 

The Curious Case of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's legacy is complicated. But I am still a Michael Jackson fan. A reluctant, conflicted Michael Jackson fan.

Top Ten Cover Stories Sanford Should Have Used

Sanford's staff unfurled a story Ripley wouldn't believe.

The Ten Laws of Blog Beef

Blogging is for rhetorical beefing, not fisticuffs. So I have to ride with Perez Hilton on the recent punching incident involving him and the Black Eye Peas.

Me and Spike Lee Do the Right Thing

Maybe Spike will play along and give me a scene from the script.

Obama Doesn't Care About Black Fathers

Black men are good fathers, loving fathers. Present fathers.

Usher: Still Father of The Year?

Did Usher give his marriage a fair shot?

Madonna: The Kid Collector

You ever notice how scared and confused Madonna's adopted kids look?

T-Pain: American Coon

Can you not go out of your way to fall into every stereotype possible?

Chanequa Campbell Cries "Race"

The days when you could just print up a t-shirt slogan and start a march railing against the white man willy-nilly are behind us, I hope.

Rev. Wright's Way: What Now?

I wonder if there is some constructive role Rev. Wright's voice could lend to the conversation about the Obama administration.

Lebron James: Sore Loser

There's nothing more beta male than a bad loser.

De La Soul, 20 Years On

Twenty years later, does anyone know what De la Soul was even rappin' about?

Roland Martin: As Seen On TV

If you had to grade Roland Martin's tenure on CNN so far, what would you give him?