The fallout from Janet and Justin
WASHINGTON--Last night I dreamed that I had an exclusive interview with Janet Jackson's bra: Q: Thank you for agreeing to open up to our audience. A: You're welcome. I need...
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When pundits blab, blab, blab
If weather forecasters predicted the weather like media commentators, political consultants, Washington wheeler-dealers and other political prognosticators forecast elections, they'd be fired. That's because most us rely on weather forecasters...
Reparations on trial–briefly
At last the highly charged issue of reparations for the descendants of slaves has had its day in court--and the court threw it back out again. No big surprise there....
Bush leaves no promise behind
There are people out there who "need our help," President Bush said in his State of the Union address last week, and he proceeded to promise it to them. In...
Here comes the bride
I was pretty excited last week when I heard President Bush would propose spending $1.5 billion over five years to help couples develop interpersonal skills that promote "healthy marriages." For...
Watch the moon, Mars, your wallet
Some politicians promise you the moon. President Bush is promising us Mars too. The prospect is exciting but his timing is curious. The president expounded eloquently last week about why...
Remembering King’s `forgotten years’
As Americans prepare once again to take a day off to honor the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., I wonder whether America would be as eager to honor him...
Pols playing the `God card’
Stop the presses. The big fix--And I mean big--is in for next November's presidential election. Pat Robertson has the inside info, he says, thanks to his personal connection to heaven....
Republicans would be smart to woo black voters and non-voters
Sometimes I receive letters or e-mails that begin something like this: "I can't understand why blacks--or African-Americans or whatever it is you want to call yourselves these days--stay so loyal...
The public spewing of insults
While cattle farmers fret about mad cow disease, Democratic Party leaders wrestle with another sort of malady. Call it the "Angry Howard Syndrome." Its symptoms include a tendency by former...