Headlines scream “Supreme Court seems split on decision regarding race”. My only response “So what else is new?” The case of the white firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut versus the city that employs them is underway before the justices of the Supreme Court. You may recall that during the most recent advancement test to fill [...]
When is racism not racism? I guess it all depends on the race being ismed. The US Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Ricci et al v. New Have Connecticut to decide if denying promotions to qualified white folks because of their lack of minority status is Constitutional. Ricci suffers from an [...]
Racism or Capitalism that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles. And by opposing end them. To buy black, to spend white no more, and by a purchase to say we end the heart-ache and [...]
It’s interesting how these conversations work. A few days ago I wrote a piece about our new Attorney General’s contention that we are a “nation of cowards” when it comes to race and that “….if we are to make progress in this area, we must feel comfortable enough with one another, and tolerant enough with [...]
Welcome to “When Harry met Roland.” Federal prosecutors have been granted an extension in their filing of charges against Illinois Governor Big Rod Blagojevich. The press is all atwitter at what this could mean to the successful prosecution and possible conviction of the now tainted Democrat. Rumors are swirling like Ted Kennedy’s ice cubes at [...]
In the grand scope of college football traditions this was not the Dartmouth bonfire or the University of Michigan vs. University of Minnesota Little Brown Jug. But in the grand scope of common sense, it will become an everlasting reminder of how little we have left. As of this past Saturday, the 63 year old [...]
