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  • Legalizing Gay Marriage

    Vermont becomes the forth state to legalize gay marriage, and I’m oK with that, to the extent that it matters to me at all. Everyone should feel free to live and love outloud, and if having a binding contract with the state makes your love come alive, I say “go for it.” Quiet it’s kept,…

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  • King Magazine: Aimed Low and Still Missed

    Harris Publication’s King Magazine is dead, according to reports, and while they blame the economy, it’s a miracle it survived as long as it did. King was mainly barbershop fare, a magazine full of pictures of cars, stereoes, cognac and women with really, really big butts. People that know me know that these are among…

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  • talk like sex: Pop stars as Pied Pipers

    I read a joint some time ago about a study that suggested that sexual lyrics make kids horny, as opposed to, say, HORMONES. Looking for reasons to explain teen sexual behavior, the culprit, some would have you believe, is obviously pop music. For me, there isn’t enough meat on that argument —- I don’t see…

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  • John McCain Loves Black People

    Sen. John Mccain is pushing hard for a presidential pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, America’s first heavyweight champion, and aside from O.J. Simpson, perhaps the most roundly hated, unliked and reviled black person among whites in the history of our country. That’s how disconnected McCain is: He thinks he can shore up his bonafides and…

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  • Re-discovering black people

    ABC’s “Good Morning America” is doing a series called “Black and White Now” where I guess they are trying to figure out when racism will be over or not. They got a three-part series jumping off this week, and I swear I wish someone would just shoot me now. These programs about black people most…

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  • Sean Levert and The Child Support Solution

    One year ago today, singer Sean Levert died in jail while being held for felony non-payment of child support, and while the jail has changed its policies about dispensing meds to prisoners, there has been no talk of taking a closer look at the laws that put deadbeat parents in jail.  Jailing doesn’t work: It’s…

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  • Another Apology for Slavery

    The General Assembly in Tennessee is bandering about the notion of a bill professing “profound regret” for that state’s roll in the American Slave trade, but there is no addendum that would include any kind of reparations, sympathy card or balloon bouquet, so I am always confused about who, exactly is supposed to feel better…

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  • Sadat's Widow: In The Tank

    It’s not bad enough that people look at President Obama like he’s the next coming of Christ, but now, while doing the rounds for her new book, you got widow Jehan Sadat comparing him to her husband, Anwar. Whatever, man — that’s not fair to anyone involved. Obama is no Anwar Sadat. He has about…

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  • Urban League: Obama Owes Blacks a "Solid"

    The National Urban League released a statement saying that would like President Obama to deal with more black issues — what like, line dancing? Re-animating Freaknik? What? It’s as if they don’t get that what’s good for America is good for all Americans, because we are, you know — black Americans. You all know I’m…

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  • Prom Night in Mississippi

    I heard about “Prom Night in Mississippi” on local NPR about a week ago, and went out to peep it here at Cleveland International Film Festival. “Prom Night” is a documentary about a town in the South that still has segregated proms until townie and actor Morgan Freeman offers to pay for an integrated one.…

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