October 19, 2026
Guest Commentary
Ahead of the midterm elections, voters need to clearly articulate a radical framework for spending our collective wealth.
A recent New York Times editorial by Tim Wu, a former antitrust adviser for the Biden administration, caught my eye for the criticism it leveled at…
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Commentary
These depressing and demoralizing statistics do not reflect a system that’s trying and falling short; they reflect a systemic failure to protect women.
The sordid issue of rape has reared its sadistic presence with recent revelations in the wake of the Cornell 7 and LSU assaults. Both cases have…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
You cannot keep feeding a movement I consider overtly hostile to my humanity and act wounded because I don’t find you charming and precious.
If, as a Caucasian, of any persuasion, you cannot separate the two, well damn, that sounds like a coming-to-baby-Jesus confession session worth finishing. Between my years…
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Commentary
Columnist
Slower inflation does not restore yesterday’s purchasing power. It means prices are rising more slowly. People waiting for their old grocery budget to buy their old grocery basket understand the distinction.
In his run-up to the midterm elections, the president is crisscrossing the country in an effort to energize his base. Unfortunately, he seeks to inflame his…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor and Peter Gamble, BC Publisher
It seems that the state never separated itself from its deadly past of racial violence and racially violent laws.
The future of the nation is in the South, the former Confederacy and ground zero of America’s civil rights struggles. We need only look to a…
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