Fact: Some beds at juvenile detention centers cost as much as $100,000-150,000 annually. Fact: Public officials resist increases in education spending. A fraction of what it costs to lock a child up. Fact: Overwhelmingly, incarcerated children are people of color.…
[Editor’s Note: One of the things I like about my man Rippa is that he invites open debate. He’s a better man than I am when it comes to tolerating conservatives. Of course, he’s a NFL quarterback whore , but…
Michael Vick, Climate Deniers, and Quacks Self-righteousness is the load din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us. — Eric Hoffer The Center of the Known Universe just got about 20 inches of snowfall the other day. An…
As I survey the current financial mess, I wonder how we have allowed a small group of ideological right-wing extremists hijack the economy. For over thirty years, a radical faction of discredited economic players have tricked the masses – that’s…
My best friend (we were inseparable) when I was growing up was Al Braxton. We were born on the same day, one minute apart. He was born on a Monday morning June 6, 1955 at 3:28 AM and I was…
-=[ Variations on a Theme of a Mulatto ]=- I got the following from Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn’s book on biculturalism Half and half: Writers growing up biracial and bicultural. I strongly recommend the book for anyone interested bicultural/ biracial issues: Senna,…
Well… it seems the Randroids, the Milton Friedman groupies, those fabulous Chicago Boys, and the rest of goobers are back again with failed neocon ideas. I guess they feel emboldened by an election that saw a marked decrease in votership…
Man is the only animal that has the True Religion – several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself, and cuts his throat if his ideology isn’t straight. — Mark Twain What I find…
-=[ Rush Breathes Fumes ]=- It is clearly apparent with anyone with a relatively functioning pre-frontal cortex that Rush Limbaugh is so dedicated to destroying Obama at any cost that he is doing everything he can to undermine the prospects…
I just had to share the following video. Most of you from the NYC area know this shit happens all too frequently. Now… I’ll poke you on the train, but only if I know you. This here behavior is not…