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The Public Option Is Dead, Long Live the Public Option
A government-administered health insurance plan—similar to Medicare, for any American who wants it—has had a rocky debut on the national political stage this year. Known to its supporters and detractors alike as “the public option,” it was debated anew by the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday. As befits such a heated debate, there were charts, there…
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10 Things You Could Learn from Bobby Brown
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…
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Debtors Revolt Against Banking Industry
I typically give those who take to YouTube to rant about as much attention as any random crackhead on the street doing the jerk while raving about the Illuminati. But it’s hard to ignore Ann Minch now that her infamous video taking on Bank of America for sending her credit card interest rates soaring has…
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Right-Wing Slinging About Obama Hits Author
Charisse Carney-Nunes writes children’s books. Her books, which are published through her company Brand Nu Words, include titles like “Nappy” and “I Dream for You a World: A Covenant for our Children,” and are designed to empower kids. Committed to justice and equality, Nunes, whose books I’ve covered before, is one of the last people…
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Bad Karma—Awful Team
When a team like the Washington Redskins loses to the team with the two-year worst record in the NFL as they did in Sunday’s embarrassing loss to the Detroit Lions, perhaps it’s time to review a bit more than the game film. In fact, if a group of American Indian activists have their way—Pro-Football, Inc.—the organization that…
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The First Lady Says: I'm Ready to Knuckle Up for '16 Games in Chicago
Michelle Obama says she ready to take the gloves off. She and her husband are making a real push for the 2016 Olympic Games to be in Chicago and she—and the gun show—are putting everyone on notice. From CNN: “It’s a battle — we’re going to win — take no prisoners,” the first lady said…
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The Beating of Derrion Albert Is Must-See TV
I winced when I saw the wooden railroad plank being smacked against Derrion Albert’s head. My stomach turned when I saw the five other young black men stomp on Albert. By the end, my eyes welled up with tears when I realized what I saw: A 16-year-old child beat to death. No doubt it was…
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Nigerian UN Peacekeeper Killed in Darfur
A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed in an ambush in Darfur on UN troops and African Union forces. From Al Jazeera: A Nigerian peacekeeper has been killed in an ambush in Sudan’s western Darfur region, an official with the joint United Nations and African Union force (Unamid) has said. … “There was a Unamid military and police…
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USC Running Back Hurt in Weight Room Accident
USC’s leading rusher Stafon Johnson is in critical but stable condition after many hours of throat surgery resulting from a weight room accident Monday. From the LA Times: Johnson, who starred at Dorsey High, was just starting a set of bench-press lifts near the end of a midmorning workout when he apparently lost control of…
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The GOP Follies
There’s been an awful lot of talk lately about how Barack Obama’s Democratic Party is increasingly on shaky political ground and how Republicans are set to take great advantage of that setback this fall in gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey—not to mention the 2010 congressional midterm elections. Democrats, as usual, are conflicted about…