How High a Price for a Good Name?

The great national gun debate has a new twist to it now that a former police…

INCOME INEQUALITY: Does Tax Breaks for the Rich Help the Economy?

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to…

There is No Leverage with Debt Ceiling

The political pundits are focused like a laser on the Republican Party fissures as if those…

Why the New Minorities are Joining the Democratic Party

The Republican Party today has a race neutral and culturally accommodating philosophy.  What that means is…

No Deals on the Fiscal Cliff

The chattering classes in Washington DC continually re-enforce the conventional wisdom – as they see it. …

Andy Reid Watch and Matt Barkley’s Bruin Beating

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick would look good in a Chip Kelly run-and-shoot offense. It’s a…

Firing a Purple and Gold Blank

Mike Brown had just one year to prove he was the right coach for the Los…

Why the President Drew the Line on Taxing the Wealthy

Now that President Obama has won reelection, he can rightfully say that his policies also won…

Who is the President’s Opposition?

Most of the time we forget who these people are in the United States Senate who…

Blacks Can’t Lose Sight of Social Justice

Commentary  By M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D. (Black News)-Fifty years ago, Americans from community after community…

Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Not Very Presidential

Mitt Romney makes Sarah Palin look like the smart one. That makes it two presidential elections…

Bill Clinton Broke it All the Way Down

Charlotte, N.C.- Last night, former President Bill Clinton literally took the Democratic National Convention and the…

Michelle Obama Spellbinds DNC

Charlotte, N.C.-I am attending my very first Democratic National Convention. This morning, as I was waiting…

Was Rick Perry Right About Social Security?

As I have listened to and watched the hand wringing about the social security trust fund…