Vice President Biden Says Stay off Planes and Trains, but That is Impossible for Most Americans

Vice President Biden said on the Today Show this morning that he would advise people to stay off of plains and trains during this swine flu epidemic. That might be possible if we all had a driver to take us from here to there, but what do the millions of people do who depend on [...]

Jet and Ebony Were the Go to Media for its Time, but that Time has Passed

 
A friend of mine sent me an email about the status of Ebony and Jet magazine. After reading it I did some research and saw that like a lot of magazines Ebony and Jet are in trouble. Some are asking is it our duty as black people to help Ebony and Jet? I say no. [...]

The Republican Party Reduced to Newt and a Rejected Beauty Queen

 
Over the past couple of weeks two people have emerged as the go to people for the Republicans. One is a has been and the other is a never was. We have seen Newt Gingrich interviewed on every network and each time he is responding to something that President Obama has done or said. So [...]

Mr. President You Do Have to Answer to the Black Community

Tonight at the president’s press conference a reporter asked him what was he going to do to help the black community? This question is in light of the fact that the unemployment rate in the black community is 13.3%.  The president’s response seemed a little inadequate. President Obama said that the things that are being [...]

The 100 Day Transformation of Michelle Obama?

 
Over the past 100 days America has had the opportunity to get to know the first family. Throughout the campaign the media we only got glimpses of who Mrs. Obama was. If you listened to Fox News and other right wing entities she was the radical and bitter other half of Barack Obama. During the [...]

What Frightens You More Swine Flu or Unemployment?

Today one of my friends went to work. He was expecting this day to be a typical work day. Instead he became another number in the unemployment statistics. No real warning just a box, a check and a see you later. This morning when I left for work the big news of the day was [...]

Fox News Sees the First 100 Days in Shades of Gray

 

The media has anointed the 100 day mark to be the first benchmark for the new president. They will be and have been assessing his performance. The truth is it is more media driven hype, but there are some interesting aspects to their different perspectives. Most major networks have some kind of graphic that they [...]

Is Michael Vick Public Enemy Number 1?

By now most people have heard the Michael Vick story. Vick was the talented quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, but he also had an illegal dog fighting operation. That operation pitted dogs in fights to the death. Injured dogs were often electrocuted in a pool on the grounds. Vick was sentenced to prison and he [...]

We Wondered Where Dick Cheney Was for 8 Years, and Now He’s Everywhere

 
For 8 years Vice President Cheney seemed to be at an undisclosed location. Now he is front and center, and one of President Obama’s most vocal critics. The Obama administration has been very critical of some of the tactics employed by the Bush administration especially the torturing of prisoners. Cheney was one of the architects [...]

Craigslist Killer Does Not Fit the Profile, But He has Probably Never Been Profiled

Over the past few days we have seen the young man, Philip Markoff,  that has been dubbed the “Craigslist Killer.” On paper he seemed to be an upstanding citizen. He was a medical student set to be married this summer. He seemingly had a bright future ahead of him. As the press has described him [...]