
Opinion & Essay
For the son of a black cop, trauma has more than one side
The killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and five Dallas Police officers once again left me with that sinking, sick reminder th ...
9 years ago
The ’16 Republican platform: New year, same old bigotry
One reason why Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential races is because they come off as intolerant. ...
9 years ago
Justice Ginsburg’s attack on Trump was not cool
Let’s pray that this presidential election doesn’t end in a virtual tie, like it did in 2000, and that the Supreme Court isn& ...
9 years ago
Take a breath, folks, 2016 is not 1968
The latest fad, propagated by many members of the commentariat, is to equate the America of 2016 with the America of 1968. I heard it aga ...
9 years ago
Super PAC ad slams Trump in Pa.
A super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton has started running ads in Pennsylvania, including one that attacks Trump as someone who mocks peo ...
9 years ago
Republicans overreach again: Comeygate is the new Benghazi
There’s an old saying that Republicans never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Their latest laughable mishap fits the pro ...
9 years ago
Police continue to shoot black men, but I shall not be moved
With mounting trepidation, I watched the morbid cell phone videos of two black men who were killed by police officers this week. Each tim ...
9 years ago
ListenDoes Trump even need an organization?
Listen to pundits, and they opine in grave tones that Donald Trump is coming into the general election campaign with practically no campa ...
9 years ago
The Trump Veepstakes Suicide Watch
Senators Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said yesterday that they will decline the honor of joining Donald Trump’s tic ...
9 years ago
‘Extremely careless’ Hillary is fortunate to face Trump
Hillary Clinton is darn lucky that the hapless Republicans have shackled themselves to Donald Trump. Because a talented candidate with so ...
9 years ago
Would somebody please cage Bill Clinton?
Back in March, when Bill Clinton uttered some intemperate remarks about Barack Obama, I ...
9 years ago
A tragic excision from Jefferson’s momentous Declaration
On this busy barbecuing day, I typically take the time to parse the Declaration of Independence, to admire its concise eloquence, to marv ...
9 years ago
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