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Commentary

Rule of the Pirates

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The figure had been bouncing around think tanks and Capitol Hill for months, and on December 1 made the front page of the Washington Post: Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq will cost the American taxpayer between $100 and $200 billion. Think of this fantastic sum as a mountain of contracts, because that is precisely…

The figure had been bouncing around think tanks and Capitol Hill for months, and on December 1 made the front page of the Washington Post: Bush's…

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Commentary

College SATs

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: ‘now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose the leaders you please.’ You do not take a man who for years has been hobbled by chains, liberate him, bring him to the starting line of a race,…

"You do not wipe away the scars of centuries by saying: 'now, you are free to go where you want, do as you desire, and choose…

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Commentary

e-MailBox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

cartoonist Khalil Bendib didn’t set out to draw a holiday greeting card, but his November 28 creation was just so damn good, readers couldn’t help but treat it like one. We’ve been informed that readers have been emailing Feast of the Parasites (one of our informal titles for the cartoon, not Khalil’s) to friends and…

cartoonist Khalil Bendib didn't set out to draw a holiday greeting card, but his November 28 creation was just so damn good, readers couldn't help but…

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Guest Commentary

Guest Commentary

By Shelton Amstrod Guest Commentator

There is not a more coveted degree by the status-starved Black elite than that which is conferred by Harvard University. The Cambridge center of traditional American intellectualism can lay claim to having stamped a goodly number of government and industry leaders with its crimson imprimatur. A negro wearing a Harvard brand has always earned special…

There is not a more coveted degree by the status-starved Black elite than that which is conferred by Harvard University. The Cambridge center of traditional American…

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Guest Commentary

AIDS – Discrimination is Deadly

By Salih Booker Guest Commentator

On December 1, events in Washington, DC and around the world commemorated World AIDS Day. Throughout this week we focus on the terrible toll this plague has taken, and continues to take, in our communities, across our country, and worldwide. It is a time when we reflect on our shared vulnerability in the face of…

On December 1, events in Washington, DC and around the world commemorated World AIDS Day. Throughout this week we focus on the terrible toll this plague…

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Commentary

Commentary 1 – Bush’s Domestic Enemies List

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

They have begun pulling mildly leftist white people off of airplanes. It’s time for the rest of us to get very worried. The evidence is rolling in, and it is unmistakable: the Bush people are assembling purely political lists of individuals and groups to be targeted during some future crisis, real or manufactured. The list…

They have begun pulling mildly leftist white people off of airplanes. It's time for the rest of us to get very worried. The evidence is rolling…

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Commentary

Black Democrats Urge Media Counteroffensive

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

“Very shortly, in order to win close races and advance a pro-working families agenda, Democrats and progressives will be forced to spend time and resources engaging the fastest growing segment of potential base voters – African Americans under age 40.” – Cornell Belcher and Donna Brazile No sooner had the polls closed November 5 than…

"Very shortly, in order to win close races and advance a pro-working families agenda, Democrats and progressives will be forced to spend time and resources engaging…

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Commentary

Secret Bomber to Probe Secrets of Bombing

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

The Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld crowd got drunk one night and decided to play a mad joke on the world. The public had demanded, and the U.S. Congress mumbled in assent, that a commission be selected to investigate the whos, hows and whys of September 11, the secrets behind the mad bombings. So they picked the…

The Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld crowd got drunk one night and decided to play a mad joke on the world. The public had demanded, and the U.S.…

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Commentary

e-MailBox

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

It is the journalist’s responsibility to bring bad news, and the political analyst’s job to explore the meaning of events. The Bush Administration, acting as a kind of clearinghouse for thieves, threatens to overload the nation’s dwindling chroniclers of political crime. Writer Cheryl Seal’s kind words for our November 21 essay, “War for Private Profit,”…

It is the journalist's responsibility to bring bad news, and the political analyst's job to explore the meaning of events. The Bush Administration, acting as a…

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