Politics

There are no “minority” races in the public school systems of America’s Southern and Western states. Literally. A new study, released last week and reported in the New York Times, reveals that white students are no longer a demographic majority in the 15 states of Dixie. The same has been true in the West since…

The ninth season of FOX’s juggernaut American Idol kicks off this week, promising the usual scary auditions, overwrought singing, acerbic critiques from Simon Cowell—and, of course, those spine-chilling moments when a rare talent makes the whole mess worthwhile. American Idol ushered in a new phenomenon in 21st-century network television: Prime-time, reality, talent contests, in which…

CNN is aflutter. Bloggers are calling it a “big-time” mistake. Newspapers describe the “racially tinged” remarks as “sensational.” What is this “juicy revelation”? Apparently, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid privately told two journalists in 2008 that Obama was more electable because he’s “light-skinned” and lacked a “Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” With…

The critics are beating a straw man when they try to blame the most recent terrorist attack on President Obama. The failure to stop the so-called “underwear bomber” was a failure to share intelligence, and it is rooted in ego and power. Just this past November, the Washington Post and other news outlets reported that…

President Obama delivered a speech today regarding steps to prevent terrorism. Read and watch below: Good afternoon, everybody. The immediate reviews that I ordered after the failed Christmas terrorist attack are now complete. I was just briefed on the findings and recommendations for reform, and I believe it’s important that the American people understand the…

“UNDERWEAR BOMBER” INDICTED Federal prosecutors have thrown the book, and then some, at the “underwear bomber” but some GOP politicians don’t think it enough. Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab , who tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day, was indicted in six counts by a federal grand jury in…

You ever have one of those days? Wednesday was a doozy for Baltimore. First, the city’s embattled mayor, Sheila Dixon, finally resigned more than a month after being convicted of embezzlement. Then, in a devastating opinion, federal district judge Frederick Motz dismissed Baltimore’s groundbreaking claim against Wells Fargo bank, for targeting African-American communities for sub-prime…

At a meeting in the White House to review Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow up Northwest Airlines flight 253, the Situation Room was packed with major security brass: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder—as…

UPDATE Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has agreed to a plea deal that will keep her out of prison and allow her to keep her pension. In the so-called Alford Plea, Dixon acknowledges that prosecutors had enough evidence to find her guilty of charges related to failing to disclose gifts from a developer doing business with…