2016

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Review: Milton Allimadi’s “The Hearts Of Darkness….”

Review: The Hearts of Darkness: How White Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa (Black Star Books. Second Edition, 2016. Paper back: $20) Available ...

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Tech the Vote

Ok, so let me ask you a couple of questions. Let’s run the gamut of proverbs: who, what, when, where, and why? This is ...

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GOP on Full Circle

On Inauguration Day in January of 2009, a group of influential, establishment Republican leaders met for dinner at an exclusive Washington, D.C. restaurant to ...

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Hillary Clinton is on Bern Notice

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Hillary Rodham Clinton has everything necessary to be the prohibitive favorite in the 2016 Democratic presidential race. ...

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For the GOP, old is the new new

Netflix has a popular TV show called “Orange is the New Black.” Have you seen the Republican Party’s new TV show this fall? It’s ...

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Rock’em Sock’em Roberts

Do you remember Rock’em Sock’em Robots? I certainly do. I’m not sure if it was a Christmas present or a birthday present, but I ...

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Carson and Trump: Send in the Clowns

“Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air… Where are the clowns?”   I have ...

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Why, you ask? Because Bush!

Even the most casual political observer must ask the following questions. How can a 2016 presidential candidate with a fundraising/Super-PAC war chest known to ...

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GOP Fight Night

“Don’t call it a comeback –  I’ve been here for years! Rocking my peers and putting suckas in fear. Making the tears rain down ...

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Bernie Sanders and Good Socialism

Political enemies of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly referred to them both as socialists. Bernie Sanders – who’s also running for president ...