GOP leadership in a bind
President Barack Obama's election has inspired a record number of African-Americans to run for Congress. What's surprising is that they're running as Republicans. Say what? Have Obama's approval ratings been...
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Right’s anger could backfire
Talk about sore losers. Just when you think the health care debate can't sink any lower, somebody manages to punch through the floor. The ink was hardly dry on President...
How to keep hate alive
President Barack Obama's opposition should thank him. His election has boosted the audiences for right-wing talk shows, especially those that appeal to the easily frightened. It also appears to have...
March Madness, diploma sadness
We often sell our young people short when we judge their academic potential. They respond to our low expectations with low achievement, especially in the entertainment industry known as college...
Who has the right to collect and store your DNA?
As if President Barack Obama didn't have enough on his platter, he's calling for everyone who is arrested to have their DNA samples collected and stored in a national database....
Terrorists who defy every stereotype
Thank you, "JihadJane" for making a point about racial profiling that I've been trying to make for years: You can't judge a potential terrorist by his complexion — or, in...
Perils, paranoia
A recent wave of scandals involving black elected officials has awakened familiar suspicions of racial conspiracies, even though the evidence points mostly to self-inflicted wounds. A recent wave of scandals...
Desiree Rogers’ culture clash
Desiree Rogers must be feeling like the receiving end of the old Dan Hicks tune, "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?" As soon as she announced...
GOP’s gift to Dems
It was a scene that would have made Hollywood director Frank Capra proud. Republican Sen. Jim Bunning stood up courageously to stop Congress from committing a very popular move: sending...
‘Elitism’ — the all-purpose pejorative
Health care reform politics are beginning to remind me of high school. At times, President Barack Obama lectured Republicans at his Thursday health care summit like a teacher trying to...