Joe Biden’s candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency should bring forth serious re-consideration of his long political career. In other words, what has he done for us, or better–against us? A review of Biden’s career sheds some light on how we got some of the problems that bedevil American society today. In the … [Read more…]
Great satire: The court ruled a white teen who stabbed a classmate to death will face the jury as a 300-pound black man. Onion News Network, Fridays at 10/9c on IFC. See video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84phU8of02U Fake story, of course, but real essence of black life in America.
Anyone who thinks the conflict between the Democrats in Congress and Trump and the Republicans is just more partisan bickering needs to pay closer attention. It is possible that the future of American democracy—flawed as it might be—is imperiled. At the end of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a Mrs. Powell of Philadelphia asked Benjamin … [Read more…]
This week is a golf Major week in the world of golf. And with Tiger Woods back in form that is a big world. The best players in the world are meeting in Bethpage, Long Island, New York, to compete for the PGA Championship on the famed Bethpage Black public course. Tiger Woods, considered by … [Read more…]
The Montgomery County Dialogue on Race (DOR) was the recipient of the 2019 Fitz Turner Award for Outstanding Contributions in Intergroup Relations by the Virginia Education Association (VEA). The award was presented at the Eleventh Annual Awards Dinner in Richmond in March. It recognized DOR for its efforts to bring about racial change in the … [Read more…]