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  • The First Mother-In-Law, take two

    I wrote a joint some time ago about what a distraction having a live-in mother-in-law in the White House would be to Barack Obama. To say I was crucified for it would be to understate the reaction: this, as if any of us would appreaciate any in-law, absent an emergency, posting up in the marital…

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  • Run DMC get in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame… really?

    Run DMC has made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I don’t know how to feel about it. Long days ago, I wrote a joint about the way the Rock Hall, based right here in my hometown, handles black music in general, and hip-hop in particular. The premise behind the Rock…

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  • What to do about Gitmo

    Barack Obama started making me nervous with campaign-talk about closing Gitmo, and now it looks like it’s the first thing on his “to do” list. Sure, it’s a fine idea. Then, what do you DO with all those prisoners? It’s bad enough having fresh-out perverts and sex offenders moved into your neighborhood—then, you want to…

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  • Eddy Curry's having a rough patch

    I gotta say that the gay sexual harassment charges against New York Knick Eddy Curry don’t pass muster. It sounds like a shake-down gone wild, where the accuser throws as many different types of offensive accusations in a bag and sets them on fire. The only thing missing are allegations of child pornography. It’s not…

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  • Recession Proof Jobs for Black Men

    I read this joint about how black men are hit harder by unemployment, and it just struck me—sadly—like a no-brainer. Last hired, first fired is the rule, and that rule always seems to hit people of color the hardest. Luckily, most of us know something about being broke, so we don’t go jumping off bridges…

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  • Dick Parsons for Commerce Secretary?

    There seems to be some chatter about Dick Parsons possibly getting the nod for Commerce Secretary. He’s been aww-shucks-ing it up the press, but since “Dollar” Bill Richardson stepped away from the table and Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been tagged to be surgeon general, there’s some sense of Disney magic floating around the beltway. Mr.…

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  • A Divorce Supreme?

    Sheree Whitfield of the real Housewives of Atlanta is determined to get a seven-figure settlement out of her divorce, even if means taking it all the way to the supreme court. I’m a big fan or fairness. And  I’m not sure how that’s going to work out, but I’m sure that kids don’t need millions…

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  • The Step-Parent Two-Step

    Black women talk so much about the lack of “good” black men, but what I want to know is, who’s screening these applications? You know—who’s making sure the men you think are so hot actually past muster? Seems like a lot of young ladies end up with down-lows or fresh-outs, putting them up in some…

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  • Schooling McCain on the Man Code

    It’s easy to look at Sen. McCain begging off a handshake from Sen. Barack Obama and just see a white guy dissing a black guy. But I wouldn’t get Al and Jesse on the BlackPhone just yet—I think that whole thing is a sight more complicated than prejudice and politics. I’m (arguably) as much a…

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  • Farewell to Black Moses

    At my second wedding, I had the piano player play the theme song from Shaft as I walked down the aisle. For my MFA, I wrote my critical thesis on the ’70s film classic. Ernest Tidyman, the white author/screenwriter who created John Shaft (and many more iconic characters), was a cops reporter for Cleveland’s Plain…

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