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 AUGUST POSTS (13)

Iraqi Shoe-Thrower is Out The Joint

Dude tried to bean the leader of the free world with one of his Skechers and he gets out the joint early? Holy Crap.

Brother Kennedy: Good White Folk

Who will bring his empathy and compassion for the rest of America? Who will take up his causes?

Lil Monkey Dolls: Let It Ride?

Is the "Lil Monkey" doll just everyday racism that we should let go?

Race Talk

Why haven't people of color embraced NASCAR?

The Way of The Gun

I'm sad to live in a world where a rapper can't rap about guns without an outcry but gun nuts can go strapped up to town hall meetings.

Education in Da 'Hood

In a world where the bird in the hand is better than a diploma in the bush with no guarantees, how do you make education matter to poor people?

Mike Vick Should Man-Up

Vick needs to man-up and face the music --- alone.

Black Woman Arrested at Town Hall Meeting

The cops hemmed up Maxine Johnson while the (white) antagonist gets held and released. Why am I always right?

Blacks and The Health Care Debate

Not many Brown faces in the angry mob of health reform protesters...what does that mean?

Hillary Clinton Sets You Straight

Hillary Clinton chin-checks the media.

John Hughes' Legacy

Hughes'  body of work, while technically and visually astute, is largely the same film made over and over.

After Gates

Now that everything is said and done, what exactly was done and said?

Cash for Clunkers

The cash for clunkers plan is intriguing, but suspicious