What matters most is bringing the GI home
Those who object to President Barack Obama's recent prisoner exchange raise a bracing question: How many Taliban terrorists is one freed U.S. soldier worth? That question goes to the heart...
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Maya Angelou’s uncomfortable facts and truths
Caution: The following tribute to the late, great author-poet Maya Angelou may be hazardous to some of my touchier readers. The previous paragraph is called a "trigger warning," a disclaimer...
Rename reparations to level racial playing field in U.S.
"Have you heard of Irish amnesia?" a jolly Irish-American friend once joked. "It's when you forget everything but the grudges." Indeed, I responded, a lot of us black folks can...
Scapegoats won’t cure the VA’s ills
Of all the scandals and pseudo-scandals of which President Barack Obama has been accused, the Department of Veterans Affairs debacle is the most damaging for at least three reasons: *...
Plans for shorter news stories
Are words going out of style? At a time when the public's hunger for news reaches new heights, it is startling to hear the new word-count limits that Reuters and...
A Republican quest to connect with the poor
Has Sen. Rand Paul flip-flopped on the issue of voter ID requirements? A year ago at historically black Howard University, the Kentucky Republican defended his party's push for voter identification...
A Republican quest to connect with the poor
Has Sen. Rand Paul flip-flopped on the issue of voter ID requirements? A year ago at historically black Howard University, the Kentucky Republican defended his party's push for voter identification...
Nigerian leaders tried to sweep schoolgirl crisis under a rug
Why, many are asking, did it take the world so long to pay much attention to the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls by Muslim fanatics in Nigeria? For starters,...
Lethal injections make firing squads look good
Bungled executions by lethal injection are beginning to make firing squads look good. Seriously. I did not always feel this way. I'm an opponent of the death penalty. But with...
It’s time to change the name of the Washington Redskins
Now that the National Basketball Association has banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life over his racist comments, how about those Washington Redskins? Sterling is getting punished for...