The Republican party has a problem with certain groups not voting for them. Being resistant to change as they are, they’ve set out to change the rules so as to reduce the number of Republican-adverse votes that are cast for Democrats. In their version of leveling the playing field, they’ve introduced Voter ID laws in [...]

In a piece titled “President Obama as an alien,” Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. discusses the series of seemingly baseless and idiotic claims made to delegitimize president Obama in the last three years. I’m not sure if you’ve heard any of the many visceral reactions that fail to cast president Obama in the best of [...]

I have yet to see the new George Lucas film Red Tails. From what I’ve heard, it’s a pretty awesome movie which captures the struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen in a pre post-racial America. You know, back in the days when Black folk were just animals fresh off the plantation destined for failure due to a lack [...]

I’ve really been cracking up this week at just how Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have been both fighting over Ronald Reagan’s legacy; or, which one of them Reagan would choose today to give him a blowjob. OK, so that may be a little bit extremist of me; lord knows the 12th commandment forbids anyone from [...]

I really got a kick out of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s exchange on, well, everything in last night’s GOP debate. But what really made me laugh was that they brought up Newt’s idea of building a colony on the moon; an “American” colony at that. No word yet as to whether English would be [...]

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There’s something creepy about uttering the words, “Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day.” When I hear it — no matter who says it — I feel like I should be getting flowers and gifts delivered [...]