Category Archives: History

Senator Harris, the presidency, her Jamaican roots and those curious answers about weed

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

For whatever reasons, I have this bad habit of writing stuff and not posting it. My thoughts about US Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ interview on The Breakfast Club Morning Show well over a week ago is an example. … Continue reading →

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Democrat lawmakers agreed with Trump’s wall — 25 percent of the way

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

There’s a question I meant to raise a few weeks ago about the budget debate in Washington and President Trump’s Great Wall idea. “What would you prefer Congress to fund — $5 billion for border security or $5.7 billion for … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s pullout and New Yorker’s confusion about economic growth

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

My response — after laughing — when I heard Amazon is pulling out of that sweet deal to set up a second headquarters in New York City was short, but loaded with meaning. “Jeff Bezos must’ve thought he was playing … Continue reading →

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When the beat stops dropping — marching after Trump

Posted on September 3, 2018 by

The synchronized goose-stepping to President Donald Trump’s White-America-First drumbeat seems highly familiar to many of you. And this is the point where most media analogies between Trumpism and Nazi Germany stop short. I want to go deeper and explore the … Continue reading →

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Deleting inconvenient contradictions: US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and Congress

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

Leave it to me when it comes to peppering America’s Independence Day celebration with quick dive into how the country reconciled its slave-owning system of production with a statement for liberty and independence from Britain’s rule. Like most other chapters … Continue reading →

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“Where are our leaders today?” you ask.

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

It’s been 50 years and three days after Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.’s assassination, and people still ask “Where are our leaders today?” Which makes me think of Americans’ funny attitudes about leaders. By 1964, a Gallup poll reported that … Continue reading →

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Trump, Russia and MLK’s Assassination — I don’t see it

Posted on April 1, 2018 by

I perfectly understand that we’ll see more online Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. references as we move closer to the 50th anniversary of his assassination, but folks should stop recklessly making parallels where none should exist. Consortium News and writer … Continue reading →

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That day the NRA pulled the (Black) race card — and everyone lost it

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

  Okay — it’s time to deal with the National Rifle Association’s Dana Loesch and her days-ago quote that still has people arguing.     Many in legacy media love mass shootings. You guys love it.   She then creatively … Continue reading →

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NAACP’s “Feared but forgotten” Robert F. Williams  — a Negro with a gun

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

I want to rap about the latest National Rifle Association’s disingenuous stroke of rhetorical jiu-jitsu brilliance, as exhibited by their spokesperson Dana Loesch, but I think it’s a good idea to share a prerequisite piece about the late Monroe, North … Continue reading →

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Sunday Smack: what about Harriet Tubman’s pussyhat?

Posted on January 21, 2018 by

Is this pink pussyhat on top of Harlem’s Harriet Tubman statue a symptom of the famed New York City neighborhood’s gentrification from black and brown to white? Or is it a visual turn of phrase for how this year’s Women’s … Continue reading →

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