There is a saying that with every change, there is a violent upheaval, like the birth of a child. And nowhere in all the world is change more evident than these United States: there’s a multiracial President; many of the old standards that many assumed would last forever are gone or very weak – GM, […]

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news again. Rev. Wright gave an exclusive interview to traditionally right-wing newspaper, The Chicago Tribune, guaranteeing that whatever he said would be widely distributed to those who disagree with or even hate President Obama. Attending the 95th annual Hampton University Ministers’ Conference, Wright said that he has […]

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There used to be foreign policy between the superpowers called mutually assured destruction. It’s what kept the bombs from flying in the 1950s and 1960s; that is, if either the Russians or the Americans start a nuclear war, the other side had enough bombs to make sure that everyone dies. Certainly the U.S. and old […]

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What is it with famous people dying from having sex while being suffocated? It may have been the cause of death of Michael Hutchence, then lead singer of INXS a couple of years ago. This week, it appears to have been the cause of death of actor David Carradine. Best known for the 1970s TV […]

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Too many people are too dense to understand the concept. The contemptible sub-human who is accused of killing Kansas abortion provider George Tiller, Scott Roeder was quoted as saying that he seems to be surprised that he’s “being treated as a criminal” even though he hasn’t been convicted. How does he want to be treated […]

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Here in Chicago, there have been two stories hitting the front page over the past several days: one on the front page; the other on the sports page, but both of them are linked in my mind. The first story involves how politicians with clout are able to get kids into the University of Illinois. […]

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While most thinking people know that the election of Barack Obama to the highest position in the land wouldn’t mark a post-racial world, it does bring more validation to black men. The worst educated, the group with the highest unemployment rate and among the highest incarceration rates, maybe black men, especially those of us who […]

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