Perry Redd

Historically, it has been posited that “all men are created equal.” That simple phrase holds basis for the hope of all Americans born in this country over the past half century. With the flurry of legislative leaps of the 60s and the improbable implementations of executive enforcements of the 70s, that basis for hope catapulted…

The latest polling says, “if the election were held today, President Obama would lose to at least two of the Republican hopefuls.” Oh yeah? I’m a bit fatigued by fiction and over-speculation, yet what I know is that if you say something enough times, people will believe it. This oft repeated phrase heads the news…

I’d like to think that I’ve been pretty consistent in my claims that the poor and disadvantaged are under attack. I’d argue the case of the Black poor, in particular, where others might isolate class instead of race, as the determinate factor. Herein, I will not only offer the empirical evidence of my claims, but…

There are some things that simply need to change. There are others that need to change now! The most recent disaster making its way through the southern and mid-western United States gives me reason to demand that all holy-people quit speaking for God. It has become abundantly clear that man gets wrong what God wants…

What ‘cha gonna’ do with him? He’s the analyst you don’t want to hate, but he makes it so damned hard not to! Only the few, the proud, the Fox-inians can understand him. Why? Because he says the things that whites want to say. I describe Fox News as journalism most adverse to the American…

If anyone ever tells you to support free market capitalism and oppose regulation of corporations, make sure you think long and hard before you respond. Think even longer if you are tempted to respond “Okay.” The Ayn Rand theory of “letting the free market police itself” has been criticized for decades. It’s been lauded by…

No, I’m not going to say “I told you so” – even if I did – because that may cause you to shy away from the debate. What I will say is that we’re chewing some fat that has already been chewed, but forgot to swallow. This is the time in presidential politics that presidents…

I’ve said recently that there is a concerted “war on us.” And who is “us,” you ask? “Us” refers to the people that conservative Republicans despise: poor, working class, and/or people of color. That definition is greatly expanded when you factor in the cross-sections of people that fit into that description: the unemployed, under-educated, illiterate…

I heard a very interesting topic on a local radio show the other day and I decided to call in. I knew that facts would be missed and haters of a social agenda would skew the conversation. I was right. As with most call-in shows, the host will rarely give you adequate time to make…