Perry Redd

We are at a pivotal moment in American history. It seems we are at that point quite often, and we are. It’s simply because the people of this nation are varied, numerous and fickle. They cannot come to a consensus on what the country should look like at any given time. Why not, you ask?…

There’s a constituency of Americans who are not being served by their elected leaders with the degree of integrity vowed to by those leaders. I’d like to think that I can pin this occurrence down to my hometown, but unfortunately, it’s the storm cloud in The American Dream. Washington, DC is simply carrying the mantle…

What are you all going to do when you find that the thing you hate is in your back yard? What I’ve come to learn is that with conservative ideology, many of the social and economic positions taken, such as immigration, affect the very people who rail against them. When that happens, they squirm in…

The Supreme Court has lost your mind…once again. For all of those “family values” conservatives, you’ve been shucked! On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law banning sales or rentals of violent video games to minors as a violation of free-speech rights, its first ruling in a video game case. Did the…

My country is corrupt. I posit that it is complicit in the murder and annihilation of my race of people. I believe they have been inventing ingenious, covert ways to undermine population growth of people of color who may pose a threat to the traditional power structure. Why are you surprised? I find it hard…

I’ve got some friends who claim to be “men of God.” I dare doubt them, but I listen and watch their belief and rhetoric in action…especially, the Christian ones. I’ve been having some heavy conversations with those peers about an issue that is and will be front-burner in the socio-political arena: gay rights. The majority…

I am witnessing an ethnic cleansing as sure as I am alive. I’ve read about the Native American, the Jews of Eastern Europe and apartheid South Africa. I’ve seen Kosovo, Myanmar and Tibet in my lifetime. I see the news reports out of Tunisia, Yemen and Libya. Yet, there’s a cleansing in America, of its…

This time in America is pivotal. This is the time that candidates prepare to challenge the affections of the people and place their souls on the table. Running for president of the United States is a bear-all proposition. Unfortunately, there are some paramount issues on our backs that can’t be veiled as this ritual takes…

Now that the smoke has cleared and the drama has died down, can we cut to the chase? The good ol’ land of liberty, which collects taxes on your labor and sends your kids into foreign lands regardless of your permission, just lied to you – and did it with unabashed proficiency. This was no…