“Kick some hiney Biney” were the words on the sign Maame Biney’s father waved just before the finals of the 500-meter speed skating event at the Olympic trials in Salt Lake City 12 days ago. And 17-year-old Maame did precisely that. She kicked some hiney as she won all of her races to win the … [Read more…]
Let’s be clear on one major point about the recent Alabama Senate race. Plain and simple, Doug Jones owes his success to the black vote. Pundits and other talking heads rant on about several other issues in the election, at times minimizing the crucial element—black voters. Blacks voted at a higher than predicted rate, and … [Read more…]
I was preparing to write a post about the Doug Jones victory in Alabama when I received the article below from fraternity brother Gus Sankey. Since the article by Joshua Goodman covers so well key issues about the election, including a couple I was going to write about I include his article instead. Why did … [Read more…]
The Republican tax bill that recently passed in the Senate is in essence highway robbery in the middle of the day with television cameras rolling. It is a huge redistribution of income from lower and middle classes to the upper classes. Taxes are cut for corporations and the rich, and to pay for this gift … [Read more…]
Kim Jong Un is concerned that his long-standing plan to destroy the United States has been made totally irrelevant by the Republican tax bill moving through the Senate, a source close to the North Korean dictator said on Friday. The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Kim fears that his scheme … [Read more…]