The GOP Shalt…Love Thyself
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper is the latest disgraced member of the Trump administration looking to cleanse their soul of the stench of sulfur. In a book to be released May 10, Esper confirmed...
View ArticleCommentary: Aborting Privacy
A critical point is being missed through all the shock, dismay, and fear over what most believe will be the Supreme Court destroying a woman’s right to choose. First, there is no question that the loss...
View ArticleBuy this Lady a Beer
There is an uncomfortableness about politics that sometimes distorts making good decisions. Awkwardness is excused when it comes to male candidates. Upon reflection, the pandering that comes with...
View ArticleSeparate and Un-Equal
Before Justice Alito’s draft overturning Roe v. Wade’s corpse was autopsied, Mitch McConnel started inviting mourners for the idea of a federal prohibition of abortion. [And] “if this were the final...
View ArticleA Lesson to Republicans about Recognizing Terrorism
Terrorism, either by self-styled militias or government authority, is not new to the United States. Notwithstanding efforts by the Ku Klux Klan, at the turn of the century, to paint their cause as...
View ArticleOpinion: A Little White Whine
We constantly hear about the brilliance of Republican messaging, but in reality, all we get is white whine. A few days ago, Congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene lofted the first ordnance over the baby...
View ArticleCommentary: Influencing or Channeling?
In the last 72 hours, a lot has been written about the latest aggrieved white racist who cowardly murdered people from a marginalized group fueled by his paranoia. Conservative Representative Elise...
View ArticleDreams and Reality
One can rest assured that anytime people of color, especially black people, point the finger at a racist, the bigots will hide behind the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. cleric’s robe, then peek...
View ArticleWhy has the Truth Become so Hard to Accept?
We all live in the collective hood of America, and either our idea of patriotism is lopsided or ‘we don’t know, don’t show, or don’t care.’ In the 1991 movie Boyz N the Hood, the character Doughboy...
View ArticleWomen Need a Men Too Movement
I was taken into the confidence of a good friend about his and a former girlfriend’s horrific experience because of a miscarriage. He talked about the fears, the tears, and the emotional scars they...
View ArticleThoughtless and Prayers
The American people need to stop expecting humility and humanity from the shameless. As we had heard many times before, prayers, mental disease, and defense of ‘more’ guns were offered as cover for the...
View ArticleOpinion: Going Down the Slippery Slope Will Save Our Kids’ Lives
The lack of common-sense gun laws is based on the slippery slope theory from Republicans and a few conservative Democrats—that once you create one law, it will start the downhill slide. When I was a...
View ArticleAmerican ‘Deceptionalism’
The Grand Old Party has fallen and cannot get up. It is a black hole of conspiracies, racism, and lies. Quaint little terms and phrases like falsehoods and “passing acquaintance with the truth” no...
View ArticleThe Outrage in America’s Killing Fields: Commentary
While the media balanced its’ coverage with three funerals of children shot to death in Uvalde, Texas, with the latest victims of senseless gun violence Wednesday evening in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I asked...
View ArticleFear of a Black ‘Gun’ Planet
Anyone who has ever taken a statistics class quickly learns that percentages are useless without numbers, and numbers are useless without percentages. Take, for example, the 2020 CDC statistics on...
View ArticleSkeeter and Pookie are not Well-Regulated
Recently I have been asked why I seem so hard on the current Republican party’s lack of political participation. I am a child of the sixties, just as the Democratic party forfeited the south as a loyal...
View ArticleIf Donnie Jumped off a Cliff…
The opening salvo tossed by the 1/6 Committee last night perfectly illustrates what your mom or dad asked you as a kid; if lil’ Donnie jumped off a cliff, would you? Would it absolve you of...
View ArticleThe Republican Party’s Return to Burlesque
Unlike the Avant-garde return of burlesque with nostalgic shows paying homage to the art form, the Republican party is un-teasingly—un-funny. Watching the GOP reaction to the first of six to eight...
View ArticleBull…Barr
Former Attorney General Bill Barr shepherded presidents Reagan, H.W. Bush, and Trump through scandal, coverups, and election lies. After holding onto revelations that may have staved off an...
View Article“That’s Rubber Room Stuff”: Commentary
Like a dog sniffing for the remnants of the few bits of bacon falling to the floor from the breakfast table, John Eastman could not let go of the scent. Attorney Greg Jacob told the House Committee on...
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