January 13, 2022
View from the Battlefield
Editorial Board
I can hear his emotional plea to provide people with the necessary information to make rational decisions about COVID-19 vaccinations, to transcend race and class in the name of saving lives.
The full quote of Dr. Martin Luther King is “There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” The quote comes to mind as…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentator
Dr. King confronted the poverty, injustice, and "nightmare conditions" of American cities. In its totality, the "I have a dream" speech was about the right of oppressed and poor Americans to cash their promissory note in our time. It was a call to action.
Every year, millions of Americans pay tribute to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. We often forget, however, that King was the object of derision…
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Color of Law
Executive Editor
The problems coming out of Torrance are not limited to that city or the state of California, but rather point to a systemic issue of policing across the United States.
The revelation that officers of the Torrance Police Department in California exchanged racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic text messages is further proof that police racism is widespread…
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Commentary
Columnist
There has been virtually no response to the Republicans’ continuing assault on America’s democratic institutions, especially K-12 public education.
To paraphrase a line from the movie, A Few Good Men: the Democrats can’t seem to handle power and are fumbling and bumbling their way to…
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Guest Commentary
Guest Commentators
Over the past 20 years U.S. and allied air forces have dropped over 337,000 bombs and missiles on other countries. That is an average of 46 strikes per day for 20 years.
The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been published since 2007…
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Sharp n’ Blunt
Columnist
At some point in the story of the National Football League, the ebony gladiators who are the on-field product and labor force must be allowed to own at least some of a franchise.
Peyton Manning is the National Football League. He is the face, heart, mind, and soul of America’s national pastime, I’d submit, our national religion. Manning is…
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