Politics

Charles Rangel , the more-or-less former chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, says that he is seeking reelection to a 21st term. This is despite the ethical investigations that led him to leave a perch from which his Harlem constituents and others expected him to achieve so much – and despite a…

As Jamaican security forces widen their search for reputed drug lord Christopher Coke outside West Kingston, many are raising questions about the operation and its outcome. With Coke still at large after five days of searching, just 22 guns seized and 73 dead, security forces now have to answer to an independent inquiry that the Jamaica Government says will…

I was reading the newspaper in the library at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes when my old friend Buckwheat arrived. “Here I is, Brother White,” squeaked the diminutive Our Gang character. “What’s in the news?” “Well, the top story is about this fellow Paul and his provocative positions,” I replied. “He’s a libertarian, you…

Glenn Beck: Classy as ever Glenn Beck, who repeatedly and angrily tells his alleged persecutors to “leave the families alone,” spent a good chunk of his radio program this morning mocking and attacking the intelligence of President Obama’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia. Obama remarked yesterday during his press conference that Malia asked him of the Gulf…

Self-Sabotage: Obama claims responsibility for oil crisis http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_15 We’ll have two eggs, coffee and a side of self-sabotage please. Clearly President Barack Obama is not reading the Root.com. We’re not sure why he’s coming out now to claim responsibility for the BP Oil disaster – you know the one that dwarfs the amount of damage…

In Thursday’s press conference on the federal government response to the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama was asked what he thought of criticism that his administration has reacted slowly to the crisis. His response was, “I’ll leave it to you guys to make those comparisons.” Why? Leave it to anyone…

The national struggle for the soul of the Republican Party has now moved to Florida’s Senate race. And the battleground reveals with great clarity the mounting conflict between party loyalty, ideology and ambition. This April, Florida’s Republican governor, Charlie Crist, found himself unexpectedly trailing former Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio for his party’s nomination as…

According to The Australian, the number of secret sorties being flown in the Middle East and Africa is on the rise. The move is to “penetrate, disrupt, defeat or destroy” al-Qa’ida and other groups in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia, according to a secret directive signed in September by the top US commander in the…

See, a bunch of guys needed something to do in 1865 and 1866, right after the Civil War. It wasn’t like they could go back to their plantations; Northerners had seen to that. So these good ole boys amused themselves by dressing up in sheets and riding through the countryside pulling pranks. Just good, clean…

Audacious, Duplicitous and Partisan: Obama gets smashed by GOP Senators http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100525/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_republicans Earth to President Obama: please stop playing yourself by trying to work with people that do not want to work with you. We were a little perplexed when we learned that President Obama was hosting a luncheon for GOP senators to try and bridge…