Category: The Other Side of the Tracks

I�d like to ignore this one, act like it never happened� but it did� a murder at the hands of the self-righteous. Facts, unfounded. Another young brother, dead. Case closed. But then again, we cannot allow the same production to speak to how this story ends� for Trayvon Martin�s sake, as well as America�s own.…

Yes, I said it last year, but I don�t think you were listening. That�s okay because that�s also par for the course for the American populace. When E.F. Hutton spoke, people listened�remember that? Well, when God speaks, people hear what they want to hear. I – and you too – witnessed another round of winter…

The headlines are awash with the temperament of the nation: Voter frustration has led to �the most turbulent Republican presidential race in a generation� according to a February 13 Washington Post article. Nationwide polls are analytically demonstrating this newfound voter frustration with economic, social and political policies. However, I beg to differ. Voters have been…

Have you heard the latest buzzword? It�s more akin to an allegation. As we bear witness to the Republicans vying for the opportunity to face incumbent Barack Obama for the presidency, �The Politics of Envy� has become the allegation placed against anyone who might call a fact a fact or a truth a truth. The…

There has been a flurry of racially insensitive rhetoric swirling around the politisphere. We�ve always known there are racists in the midst, but election time seems to embolden the venom that lies within the fangs of the latent ones. I want to take this opportunity to remind you so that when they come calling for…

The New Year is the time when people conscientiously decide to �turn over a new leaf� and do things differently. Some excise old vices; others add new virtues. But what happens when former ideals re-surface in the midst of professed change? Or, even more, when past beliefs appear at inconvenient times of new progress. Well,…

So the story goes: “we’ve made great strides in American race relations. We’re in a post-racial society.” I, of course, don’t go for that one. As a matter of fact, I believe we’re rapidly digressing from the progress we had achieved through the blood and sacrifice of our enslaved forbearers and civil rights warriors. One…

You wanna’ talk about improbable? I was going back over my commentary from May of this year. I am not going to eat my words, but they are a bit haunting right about now. Do you remember what I said about a certain Republican presidential candidate? Let me refresh your memory: Remember when the latest…

You know, I’ve been thinking about a story that cropped up in the news over the weekend and it’s been in my craw today. Yes, it’s about race and politics – the two things that can wake me from a dead sleep. I read that Israel is recruiting American Blacks to champion their cause of…

You’re about to see a viscous game, not that we hadn’t already. I’m not talking about the NFL, nor am I talking about the stock market. I’m talking about human existence; the United States is playing hardball. The Israeli-Palestinian peace process has hit a wall. It’s been in a stalemate for some time. It won’t…