15 Freedom Songs to Add to Your Juneteenth Playlist
Whoopi Goldberg’s Comments On “The View” About Iran Sparked Online Outrage
Why Black Folks Who Did Not Know Juneteenth Was A Thing Until Biden Said So …Need Their Black Card Revoked
Unassuming “Mama Duke”Shocked The World On The America’s Got Talent Stage
-
Bolt May Go for Four Golds in 2012; Tyson Gay, Others Sad
We’re thinking Usain Bolt has at least a puncher’s chance of capturing four golds in London. But according to the trackster, whether or not he’ll attempt it is not up to him. From the AP: “For me, I don’t know,” Bolt said, when asked about the possibility of chasing four golds. “I always leave the…
-
Whitney's Extra, Extra, Super-Fresh Face
The cover of Whitney Houston’s new album has the returning singer looking so fresh-faced and unlined that one might think that one of the perks to surviving Bobby, “crack-is-wack” and an assortment of other tribulations is unfettered access to Botox. Every CD cover photo gets its share of flattering lighting, theatrical makeup and retouching but…
-
Sexual Offenders – What Can We Do?
The recent case of sexual offender Phillip Garrido is a complicated one. Without question. Garrido was convicted of rape and kidnapping in the 1970s. He registered as a sexual offender with the state of California and then a decade later abducted 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard. He checked in with local authorities regularly. He followed all…
-
Obama May Speak on Obscure Issue Known as "Health Care"
The dynamic has certainly shifted in President Obama’s health care approach. Once content to speak broadly on the issue while allowing Congress to fill in the details, a new tack is expected to be taken according to senior advisor David Axelrod, who hinted that a speech may be forthcoming upon the president’s return from Camp…
-
Note to Michael Steele: Black /= Charisma
On September 1st, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele graced the stage in Washington once more for a town hall meeting hosted by the young black Republicans of Howard University. (For the sake of full disclosure I have to admit up front that I was, at one point, a Republican. I have since been exorcised…
-
Obama's Right Mistake
President Barack Obama is being pilloried from all sides. The far left doesn’t understand why corporate America and Wall Street bankers have not yet been rendered penniless by the government. What remains of the so-called Clinton left can’t understand why anyone would have a civil conversation with a Republican. The independents and a dwindling number…
-
A.I.'s Memphis Blues
This time last year, the outlook for Allen Iverson couldn’t have been brighter. But now he’s struggling to stay in the league. How did things turn around so quickly? Last summer, Iverson, a perennial all-star, was coming off another stellar season; he scored an average of 26.1 points per game, dished 7.1 assists, and he…
-
Smile (Hollywood Says So)
On top of the housing market still being in shambles, growing speculation that a second credit bust similar to the one that created the declining market we have now is on the horizon, I have even more great news about the state of the economy. Things are going so well that cocaine dealers are starting…
-
Will the Real Reformers Please Stand Up?
Just when I thought that gun-toting, “universal healthcare is socialism!” shouting crazies could only be found in Rural Town USA or behind the Fox News desk, I was proved wrong, when liberal healthcare reformists began attacking RNC Chairman Michael Steele at Howard University. Steele was on HU’s campus speaking about—well, I’m not really sure what…
-
Blame It on the O-O-O-O-O-O-Oprah! Houston Loses Voice on 'GMA'
Whitney Houston gave a free performance in Central Park Tuesday for ‘Good Morning America.’ Fans lined up early to see the diva in action. If only her voice had done the same. From the New York Daily News: Whitney Houston struggled with her voice during her much-hyped comeback performance on “Good Morning America” Tuesday. The…