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A SURPRISING RISE, THEN DEMISE IN BLACK VOTES

August 20, 2021 at 9:00 p.m.

Jesse Jackson has been catching even more heat than usual, if that's possible, from conservative commentators for his hyperventilated rhetoric in Florida over the 2000 presidential race. Shame on him...

LEARNING FROM ELECTION NIGHT MISTAKES

August 20, 2021 at 9:08 p.m.

I got quite a chuckle on election night watching the big networks and several newspapers prematurely declare Al Gore, then George W. Bush to be president. As a loyal employee...

PATIENCE, PLEASE, OUR SYSTEM IS AT WORK

August 20, 2021 at 6:23 p.m.

I just looked out the window and was delighted by what I did not see. I do not see mobs rioting in the streets, tanks firing tear gas, police shooting...

A CAPITOL BIND

August 20, 2021 at 8:15 p.m.

Americans appear to be more eager than ever to drop out of the Electoral College, if only we had something better to replace it with. The popular vote is a...

CONSTITUTIONAL COVER

August 20, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.

Life is not fair. The majority does not rule. Every vote does not always count. No wonder so many Americans hate politics. Judging by the howls and moans I hear...

SIGNING OFF

August 20, 2021 at 5:05 p.m.

As a service to the many friends and others wondering what the sale of Black Entertainment Television to the media giant Viacom Inc., means, I offer the following answers to...

THE COVER-UP

August 20, 2021 at 3:55 p.m.

Supporters of George W. Bush were quick to point fingers at Democrats for revealing the Texas governor's 1976 drunk-driving arrest during the last days of the presidential campaign. But the...

WAKE-UP CALL

August 20, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

A new court ruling out of Texas offers good news to lawyers who have a hard time staying awake in court. If you nod off into a peaceful little slumber...

GOP’S RACIAL GAP PERSISTS

August 20, 2021 at 1:29 p.m.

What has been the result of all those robust appeals to minorities that Texas Gov. George W. Bush has made? Black voters appear to be rejecting the Republican nominee like...

CAMPAIGN FATIGUE

August 20, 2021 at 7:42 p.m.

Despite the suspense building in a neck-and-neck contest for the world's most powerful office, a lot of people are expressing alarm over voter apathy. Not me. Apathy? I don't care....

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