Message to a reporter’s unborn child
Dear Little Pearl: By the time you read these words, God willing, you will not be a "Little Pearl" anymore. As I write these words, you are not yet born....
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Army’s race, gender policies on trial
In a sign of how much things have changed on America's racial scene, a retired Lt. Col. Raymond Saunders charges that the Army denied him a promotion to full colonel...
A short list of losers who need to be left behind
It is both chilling and reassuring to hear that President Bush has been moving a "shadow government" of senior managers in and out of secret underground sites ever since Sept....
Extra, extra: Revenge of the `mediasaurus’
Sci-fi author Michael Crichton grandly predicted that the mass media as we knew them would be gone "within 10 years." That was nine years ago. Guess again, Mike. The mass...
Dear Pat, jihads aren’t just for Muslims
An open memo to Pat Robertson. Dear Brother Pat: Since your followers like to portray you as being constantly under attack from the "liberal" media, I take pains to present...
A dose of common sense
Maybe the next episode of MTV's "The Real World" will star Colin Powell. Our real world heard a sample in his recent remarks on condom use. Unfortunately, the secretary of...
Hollywood’s new villain
Hollywood has found its own "axis of evil." It is not drug lords, the Red Menace or the Klingons. It is managed health care. In "John Q.," which opened Friday,...
Fight over judge replays our bitter history
Supporters of U.S. District Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. compare his confirmation hearings to the McCarthy era. That critique misses the point. I'd compare it to the Nuremberg Trials--or, better...
`Manchild’ author leaves us with a lasting message
". . . I ran. There was a bullet in me trying to take my life, all 13 years of it." With those startling words in its opening page, Claude...
Reparation rip-offs exploit dreams
Pssst! Hey, brotherman! Sisterwoman! Have you put in your application for your slavery reparations money yet? Just kidding. Contrary to whatever rumors you may have heard, the federal government is...