America Will Never Know what Offends Black people If They Never Get to Know Black People

This morning a friend of mine sent me a photo that had supposedly been taken of a book display in a Barnes and Noble store in Coral Gables, Florida. The display featured a number of books on President and Mrs. Obama, and it also featured a book on monkeys. Someone at the store probably thought [...]

Is this the Future of the GOP? Bobby Jindal the Liar and Michael Steele the Cheat

On Tuesday night Gov. Bobby Jindal the hope of the GOP delivered the national rebuttal to President Obama’s speech.  In the speech he described something that happened to him during the Katrina disaster. Jindal said “during Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his [...]

Matt Lauer Calls Out CNBC’s Rick Santelli on the Today Show

Last week CNBC reporter Rick Santelli was the man. He called out President Obama and set off a firestorm. He took a page out of the old movie Network and basically said “I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore”. His rant was in response to the White House efforts to [...]

John Sanders, Baltimore Reporter Fired For Creating Racist Video that Targeted John Gibson of Fox News

John Sanders was the Technology and Web Reporter for WBAL TV in Baltimore Maryland. His job was to tell the audience the new web trends. Well he lost that job when it was discovered that he doctored a video tape of featuring Fox News reporter John Gibson. The story has to do with the crazed [...]

Tavis Smiley Returns to Tom Joyner’s Show to Hype the State of the Black Union

This morning while driving to work I heard the familiar voice of Tavis Smiley on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. He was on to hype his upcoming State of the Black Union which will be held this Saturday in Los Angeles, CA. He slid into his familiar refrain of accountability and the need to hold [...]

President Barack Obama Says There is Still Hope

Over the past few weeks we have felt like the witch in the musical The Wiz, we simply wanted to say “don’t go bringing me no bad news”.  America has had to cope with our new reality which includes bank bailouts, job layoffs and home foreclosures. This is a very somber time for our country [...]

The Media Crucifixion of the OctoMom

Over the past few weeks we’ve watch the saga of the octuplets. When they were first born we saw over 40 doctors smiling broadly and sharing the story of their birth with the world. They were so proud and this had the look of a real feel good story, but over the past few weeks [...]

The NY Post Finally Delivers A Real Apology

After almost a week of protest the NY Post finally delivered a real apology. No I’m sorry if you were offended, but if you were that’s your problem. This time they released a full-throated apology that came from the top. Rupert Murdoch said “the buck stops with me.” He went on to say that he [...]

Slumdog Millionaire is just Another Hollywood Fantasy

Last night Slumdog Millionaire was named best picture at the Academy Awards. The film is riveting and one can not help but be affected by the poverty of this region in India. Last night the entire cast was at the event. The child actors beamed at getting their taste of the good life. This morning [...]

Will the People Revolt if their Governors Say No to the Stimulus Money?

Over the past few days we have seen some Republican governors say they are thinking about saying not to the stimulus money that is designated to come to their states. Two vocal opponents are Bobby Jindal (LA) and Haley Barbour(MS). Jindal has stated that he is interested in running for president in 2012 so some [...]