the hardline

Word on the street is that Chris Rock is being sued for stealing Regina Kimbell’s idea for Good Hair, and at least one of the ever-growing crop of “black female empowerment” blogs thinks that this is just the latest salvo in the war against black female creativity. Seriously. I sh*t you not. (Judge for yourself…

It is time for the implemenation of forcible castration of pedophiles. Finally, the Pols get something right besides haute cuisine. Recidivism rates are low for perverts, but the numbers are unreliable. I don’t know how a child rapist can be rehabilitated, and I don’t want to know. There are some sins that can’t be forgiven by…

Singer Kandi Burruss’ fiance’  Ashley “A. J” Jewell was killed this weekend at a strip club and gratefully there is an arrest, but it got me to thinking that nothing good ever comes of being on a reality show. You may recall that Burruss and her fiance’ were together when they started out on The…

The Chris Rock documentary “Good Hair” is coming out soon to a theatre near you, but already there is significant buzz about it. It’s about the relationship that women —specifically black women —- have with thier hair. I didn’t really encounter hair weaves until I was in my early 20s and tried to run my…

I stopped watching music channels a long time ago but could not resist tuning in to VH1’s Behind The Music: Bobby Brown. Brown has been vilified for everything, but in total, he didn’t seem like such a bad guy. Just a good guy who made some bad choices. Celebrities make crappy role models, unless they…

East Cleveland mayor Eric Brewer is alleged to be a transvestite and that may be why he needs to be re-elected mayor of East Cleveland, Ohio. I say “alleged” because he has refused to authenticate the photos. But trust me. It’s him. You may have just heard of Eric because of pictures that have become…

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The first lady is talking health care, trying to rally the ladies to get on the horn to their congressmen and make a change. I guess it couldn’t hurt, but I wonder if there is too much confusion around the president’s message on reform to disperse different messengers. That is, I wonder if we shouldn’t…

I’m glad to see Whitney Houston has found her way back to the music, but I was troubled by the lack of personal accountability in her recent turn on Oprah’s show. Oprah Winfrey has rocks for brains and is generally anti-male, anti-marriage, anti-family and anti-common sense, so there were no surprises, really, when Whitney got…

Rush Limbaugh is at it again, fueling white fear in the America by suggesting that President Obama has emboldened young black kids to attack white kids randomly, and suggests maybe it’s time to go back to segregated busing. As with the Jena Six kerfluffle involving the white kid attacked by black kids, there is almost…