Perry Redd

It’s time for a party again…even if it’s a tea party. The patriots are back, but this time, they’re anything but patriotic. The gun lobby has sicced its dogs on America. Richard Mack, a gun rights advocate and former Arizona sheriff who now lives in Texas, is urging defiance of the Obama Administration’s efforts to…

It’s been well documented that “Republican Principles” have become the undoing of the contemporary Republican Party…but Party member don’t seem to think so. They are in serious deliberations on whether the Party needs to take a new direction or just re-paint the house. After losing four of the last five congressional elections, Republicans are in…

I looked upon the recent death of Aaron Swartz. He was the modern-day, internet-saving crusader, who at age 14, co-developed the Really Simple Syndication or RSS web protocol, the key component of much of the web’s entire publishing infrastructure. His untimely death occurred just weeks before he was to go on trial for using computers…

It appears grace is missing these young men.We just witnessed two tragedies in the span of a week. The late Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, Jovan Belcher, fatally shot his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra Perkins on Saturday at the Kansas City home they shared with their 3-month-old daughter, Zoey. He then drove to the Chiefs’ practice facility…

You’re watching what I’m watching: an injured team playing with a losing hand, trying to bluff their way to a victory. “Never let ‘em see you sweat” is inapplicable when you’re in the furnace. The Republican Party is working tooth and nail to convince us they have a winning hand. Nothing is further from the…

Most Americans were unconcerned about the efforts to garner and renew the respect of Walmart workers. Some Americans asked, “What’s wrong with Walmart? I like Walmart!” The protests on Black Friday were not designed to end capitalism or crush Walmart, though some in the media attempted to portray it as such. The protests were not…

How on earth could they even think they could win anything when they insulted every constituency that was not predominately white male?You saw what I saw…or didn’t see. I’ve lived through twelve presidential elections, and I’ve never seen a show of deception so transparent and overt as this one. It was pure illusion and a…

[This commentary was written for submission prior to Tuesday’s election results.] What we have here is a battle between corporate profits versus household wages Another election has come and gone, yet not without controversy. In the future, I predict, elections will be even more controversial. As long as there are resources for the pillaging, elections…

Moral compasses, intestinal fortitude and American honor have no place in the conversationI get sad and melancholy when I hear my people express intense apathy when it comes to voting. Hell, I get sad when I hear anybody give an excuse not to vote. “Man, it’s an electoral college that decides; my vote won’t count…