the hardline

Back in the day, UrbanExpose.com was running things with the inside dope on Black media and this joint offers an informative interveiw and retrospective. Writing as Crispus Attucks, hacker-turned-media maniac John Lee aired folks out like it was nothing at all, and the comments section was no holds barred, like the Wild Bunch, times ten.…

Michael Jackson just announced plans to do a series of concert dates in London, and I doubt it’s for love of the music, but I’m not mad at him. If I could pop and lock my way out of  the red, I’d do it in a heartbeat. The hard truth of this revelation is that…

Evidently, pop-star Michael Jackson has an announcement to make on Thursday. Personally, I’m expecting he’ll reveal that he’s from another planet. The last time he wanted all of our attention, Jackson was pushing back against criminal allegations and ended up telling us more than we wanted to know. There’s some specualtion he could touring again,…

Despite his apparent dissection from reality and a genral bad showing, I predict Gov. Bobby Jindal will be the GOP’s Barack Obama, and not for nothing. Jindal is America’s Uncle Taj: an Indian Uncle Tom who is way more deferential, intentionally blanched and non-threatening than Obama could ever be: Jindal is uncool, unsure, overeducated, earnest…

It’s probably hard to believe, but I’m addicted to Bravo’s reality shows. First roped into watching by my wonderful ex, I find myself turing away from sports events and video gaming to “watch what happens,” and last night wasn’t any different. Bravo crowned Hosea Rosenberg the winner in their show “Top Chef”…. but as gracious…

President Obama said last night that the days of the high school drop-out are over and recent numbers suggest he may be right, but whatever, man—- clearly he has not explored all the possibilities. Talking meatpies like Gerald Bracey over at HuffPo trumpet the virtues of short-term job training as an alternative to short-circuit dropping…

Editorial cartoonists are like any other artists: they are charged with presenting an accurate depiction of the world, as they see it. Now, they are all shook up about offending folks in the age of Obama, and this is a problem. They need thier freedom. I’d rather see offensive editorial cartoons lead to dialog, not…

I don’t know how former mayor Kwame “The Text-Sex Mack” Kilpatrick will recover from the scandal that rocked Detroit, but his wife Carlita, evidently, has his back. In her first interview since her husband got out the joint, Carlita pledges her undying loyalty to her husband, even while acknowledging his shortcomings. Wow. I remember clowning…

A graphic picturesapparently taken by police to document Rihanna’s injuries after her alleged assault has surfaced  and sparked a discussion about whether a line has been crossed by the media and if posting this photos has any editorial value at all. I’ve had to answer that question once. In the course of a story I…

The New York Post has issued the standard  non-apology, and given that there was no tangible goal to all the outrage and protesting, this will probably be the end of things. I don’t think this will lead to a change in editorial policy—it is the Post, after all. Of course, The Post will do this…