Here’s a A couple of months ago I wanted to write a post touting the virtues of bringing another Major League baseball team into the market. I thought that downtown Dallas would make a fine home for the Florida Marlins. But that’s not what this post is about. This post...
Since posting Part One of the American InJustice video about Lakeith Amir-Sharif, there’s been a spirited discussion going on in the comment section. As I mentioned in the earlier post, I met Sharif two years ago, before this form was made available. To my knowledge, what happened is that I...
I came across this excellent piece of video at Huffington Post. This is a side of Barack Obama that I have been waiting to see. It reminds me of a moment in one of my favorite movies – The American President. Game on Hillary. Insert “pastor” for “girlfriend”; “racist” for...
Why has Darfur remained an afterthought in the mind’s eye of America? Since 2003, the conflict in Western Sudan has spiraled out of control. The government of Sudan and pro-government Arab militias have committed what most consider war crimes against the regions “Black African” population. Then Secretary Colin Powell recognized...
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Maybe we should just call it the K-Mac Invitational. For the 2nd year in a row, K-Mac has shown that he has a superior basketball brain, as he correctly predicted the Kansas Jayhawks would win the championship. I’m expecting a victory speech in the near future.
The Metro section seemed like an odd place or Jeffrey Weiss’ article regarding Dr. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, but I’m guessing he was moved by his experience at the Black Church Summit a couple of weeks ago. See Weiss’ article Obama pastor’s sermons highlight racial divide. There’s not much new here,...
This speaks for itself. 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” gave up his student deferment, left college in Virginia and voluntarily joined the Marines. In 1963,...
From the office of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Dear Friend, I firmly believe that the burden of peacemaking and peace building cannot be left to one institution, gender or political party. It must be a shared responsibility that encompasses all, regardless of race, class, gender and religion. I began A...
I don’t have time to unpack this right now, but all of you need to know who Father Pfleger is out of Chicago. He is a white Catholic priest who ministers at a predominantly black church on the southside of Chicago – The Faith Community of St. Sabina. I’m also...
