SUNDAY SMACK: WHY IS THIS MAN SO ANGRY?

Take a look at this short video below from a Donald Trump rally. “Go back to Africa” was shouted three times. “ Go back to Europe” was shouted once. The N-word was shouted once. Plus you’ll hear a couple of F-bombs. I’ll admit that a video clip doesn’t always provide the most accurate context of […]

SUNDAY SMACK: WHY DID CLINTON WIN SOUTH CAROLINA’S BLACK VOTE?

This week’s Sunday Smack explores presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s victory over Bernie Sanders in the South Carolina Democratic primary yesterday, but will focus on the enablers to that win: the Black vote. Exit polls say that African descendants, who represented more than 60% of all South Carolina Democratic primary voters, not only exceeded the 55% […]

SUNDAY SMACK: PARTY CIVIL WAR?

This week’s Sunday Smack explores the prospects for internecine warfare this year between America’s two major political parties. As Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump — to the “supposed” chagrin of so-called establishment party leaders — wins the South Carolina Presidential primary, some party insders make mention of a brokered convention which could block Trump’s nomination. […]

SUNDAY SMACK: IS HILLARY CONFLICTED?

My Sunday Smack deals with the last Presidential primary debate, where candidate Hillary Clinton tried to assure viewers of her ability and willingness to regulate Wall Street: I have a plan that most commentators have said is tougher, more effective and more comprehensive … The topic of financial services regulation remains a hot topic since […]

SUNDAY SMACK: WHY DO ONLY FEW PEOPLE KNOW THE REAL MLK?

” …Some respectable Negro leaders who are more concerned about being invited to the White House then invited to the cause of justice … ” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech in Cleveland, OH, April 28, 1967 For a while, I’ve been writing about the Martin Luther King Jr. no one mentions. An MLK […]

SUNDAY SMACK: WILL CONSERVATIVES DIE OFF?

To those who believe the last deaths of the current wave of Angry Old White Men will lead to the disappearance of American Conservatism — this Sunday Smack is for you. Let’s run with your grey hair extinction premise for a moment and imagine a United States run by Liberals in the executive and legislative […]

SUNDAY SMACK: SAVE BILL COSBY OR SAVE HIS RACE?

With Bill Cosby now facing his first criminal court case out of the approximately five dozen women who accused him of sexual assault, my Sunday Smack for the week comes from a March 2015 Washington Post article written by Jewel Allison, an African descendant and one of Cosby’s accusers. Allison, who happens to be a […]

SUNDAY SMACK: WOULD MLK BE PUT ON THE NO-FLY LIST IN 2015?

Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday approaches, and the fallen leader is the subject of this week’s Sunday Smack. King used to be a close friend of the White House — until he moved beyond lunch counter integration issues to fight poverty and America’s conduct in the Vietnam War. The interrelation between the US government’s attitude […]

SUNDAY SMACK: BLACK MEN CAN’T DREIDEL?

Self identification is necessary to add proper context to this Sunday Smack — I’m an African descendant non-Jew who recently attended a Chanukah event. The video you see below is a product of my attempt to shoot a spinning dreidel with a holiday choir singing in the background. The challenge I faced was holding my […]

SUNDAY SMACK: MUSLIMS AND GUNS

38 percent of Americans believe Islam encourages more violence than other religions according to a recent CBS poll. The same poll says 29 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Islam. A Brookings poll says 61 percent of Americans view Islam unfavorably. The aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino mass shootings — both […]