Last Friday, the same day that we learned about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s racist yearbook page, I learned about some of Joe Biden’s old racist behavior. I hold the position that what Joe Biden did “back in the day,” opposing federally mandated busing is worse than what Northam did. Northam’s actions were racist to the … [Read more…]
I quit watching the Super Bowl telecast tonight, strange behavior for a person who has been immersed in sports for many years, attending at least 15 different national sports championship events. I teach about sports, I write about sports, and long ago I was a sports reporter. I think I had watched every Super Bowl … [Read more…]
For a fair and balanced consideration of tax policies see Paul Krugman here.
I worked with the Episcopal Diocese of South West Virginia in 2017 and 2018, giving some live-streamed and video-recorded talks about racism. So I was invited to the celebration of their 100th-anniversary celebration last Sunday, which featured the Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, he of the royal wedding last year. The Sunday service, at a nearly … [Read more…]
As we closed out the year 2018, we ended a 50-year period that began with the tumultuous year, 1968. Much has happened during this time. It started with African Americans beginning to exercise a real right to vote after the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Many more African Americans voted and many … [Read more…]
As we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, let us remember his life and his work as they were. MLK was a great man who did great things. We honor him with a holiday and a monument. He is worthy of these honors; however, I wonder if we did not pay too great a … [Read more…]
I have been interviewed many times over the past year by all types of media, near and far, around two questions. What is Martin Luther King’s legacy? What is the status of race in America 50 years since Martin Luther King’s assassination? As I have reflected on these questions, I have concluded that these two … [Read more…]
The current border wall issue offers an excellent example of Democrats failing to make their case. In the usual budgeting process last fall, the White House requested Congress to provide $1.6 billion in border security funding. The House and then the Senate passed a budget including this $1.6 billion. Then goaded by right-wing media people … [Read more…]
Five of our 45 Presidents have come into office without winning the most popular votes nationwide. It has happened twice in the last five elections—in 2000 and 2016. Al Gore won the most votes but lost in 2000, and Hilary Clinton received the most votes in 2016 but lost. Clinton had nearly three million more … [Read more…]
After the private meeting that Trump turned public with Democratic leaders on December 11, 2018, Nancy Pelosi said she and many other Democrats considered Trump’s wall “immoral, ineffective and expensive.” That was a good start, but it needs to continue. Once again society may suffer because Democrats do not explain themselves, even when they are … [Read more…]