After three years of investigations the Attorney General of Israel indicted their leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on fraud, breach of trust, and bribery in three separate corruption cases. This is what happens in a democracy that holds no one above the law. Why is that not the case in the United States? Robert Mueller … [Read more…]
For those interested in the restoration of “missing pages” of American history, I commend the following editorial of November 23, 2019, from the Roanoke Times daily newspaper, which continues to pull back the curtain on the sordid and sometimes hidden racial history of Virginia and the Country. “We are living through a great period of … [Read more…]
Last April, the Race and Social Policy Research Center at Virginia Tech held its eighth annual Combating Racial Justice Workshop, “Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequalities in Criminal Justice.” At the workshop, Nazdol Ghandnoosh of the Sentencing Project led discussions about sources and some solutions for racial inequities in the criminal justice system. This month … [Read more…]
“Anonymous,” a White House insider who wrote an op ed about how inept and corrupt Donald Trump is for the job he holds, has written a book about Trump in the White House. No thanks, Mr. or Ms Anonymous. Columnist Charles Pierce speaks for me: “I have no intention of shelling out a dime to … [Read more…]
Last spring, the Race and Social Policy Research Center at Virginia Tech, which I direct, held its eighth annual Combating Racial Justice Workshop. Our topic was “Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequalities in Criminal Justice.” We took this from the title of a report by the Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy center … [Read more…]
Last week, former Olympic track stars, John Carlos and Tommie Smith, iconic figures from yesteryear, were inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame. When I learned that this was going to happen, many thoughts and feelings washed over me. The old statement “Truth will out” kept ringing in my mind. The truth may be hidden, … [Read more…]