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Who do Those Romneys Think They are?
So Tagg Romney wanted to “take a swing” at the president of the United States during Tuesday night’s debate, did he? Well, Tagg, I would dearly love to take a swing at you, my boy. Let’s go outside...
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Pondering the Zimmerman Verdict
What am I to make of the verdict in the George Zimmerman case? Is Trayvon Martin just another lynch victim in this still-Southern state? A legacy of the strange fruit that hung, not too many years...
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The Ugly Personal Attacks Keep on Coming
If there was any doubt that much of the vitriol aimed at America’s first black president is personal rather than political, a story out of Sedalia, Missouri this morning should put that doubt to rest....
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November’s Vote Could Turn the Right Loose on America
I can’t understand why but it looks as if the Republican Party could win control of the Senate in November – and keep the House. That would put an end to President Obama’s ambitious program. And it...
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The “Patriots” Among Us
I wonder what would have happened if the armed men who faced down federal agents in Nevada recently were black? Or Mexican? I know what happened to an African immigrant named Amadou Diallo who reached...
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Arrest This Man!
Lawmakers have no excuse for letting Stewart Rhodes remain free. It seems obvious to me that he belongs behind bars. Rhodes is founder and director of Oath Keepers, which proclaims itself: … a...
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Maya Angelou’s Magic
What was it about Maya Angelou that made her magical? She had an engaging literary style to be sure, and she was prodigiously productive. But there was so much more. For one thing, there’s an...
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The Impeachment Election
You might think the November election has nothing to do with the President. Whoever wins, he still has two years to serve. But does he really? Don’t bet on it. It’s becoming clear that if the...
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This is the USA?
Click on the link below and watch the video, then tell me: Is this what you expect to witness in the United States of America? Police fire on peaceful protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. Yes, that was...
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Whose Facts Do You Trust?
A new study published in Social Science Quarterly confirms a suspicion I’ve had all along. The study finds that people develop “distorted factual beliefs” because of their views. In other words, we...
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No “Justice for All”
Three decades ago, I stood in a Tampa courtroom and, with dozens of other starry-eyed immigrants, I raised my right hand and recited these words: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States...
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Yes, America is “Exceptional”
I read an article in Salon.com this morning that teasingly asked, “Has America gone crazy?” The author, American globetrotter Ann Jones, then went on to ask some serious – and disturbing – questions....
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Who Listens to Ted Cruz?
As the list of presidential hopefuls grows longer and longer, the media must decide who is worth listening to among the myriad voices clamoring for attention. I heard on Rachel Maddow’s show the other...
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Using “the N Word”
I didn’t grow up in America and I cannot claim to fully appreciate the horror of that N word the President used recently in a TV interview. But in Jamaica, where I grew up, it’s certainly not...
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Evil in the Shadows
You will have to forgive me for going on and on about the white supremacist terror threat. I suppose it’s not as appealing a topic as – say – female beauty. When I write about Serena Williams’...
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Give Us Your Scum?
Now I know what Americans – a significant number of them anyway – think of people like me. I’m hurt and I’m furious. I came to America with stars in my eyes. After the required five years as a landed...
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Blasphemy in Politics
Men and women far more learned than I have debated for centuries the idea of the “unforgivable sin.” According to the Gospels, if you commit blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, you will not be...
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Good Cops, Bad Cops
I wouldn’t want to be a cop. I don’t have the stomach for it. It’s a dirty job. But somebody – as the saying goes – has to do it. There is the danger, for one thing. You could be gunned down in a...
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Who Do You Call?
One of the 18 poor, black women who accused an Oklahoma police officer of raping them summed up an urgent issue facing America in these poignant words: What kind of police do you call on the police?...
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“Mormon Extremists”
If the armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon were Muslims, you would be reading about another attack by “Islamic extremists.” Instead these protesters are Mormons, so their...
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