Cynicism is driving force behind the political race to the bottom
A recent effort to eliminate federal funding for the Special Olympics that helps special needs children reflects the cynicism behind policies proposed or implemented during …
Robert F. Smith’s Morehouse and the call for self-sufficiency
Dozens of white parents were recently accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to get their children into Ivy League universities. Such luxury is …
Permanent Enemies vs Permanent Interests
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, YOUTUBE.COM AND HISTORYLINK.ORG Political analysts dubbed Joe Biden the likely Democratic presidential nominee even before he entered the race. His …
Omar an unwitting pawn in Trump’s 2020 campaign strategy
There were four words: “some people did something.” They have launched a furious controversy that pits the President of the United States against a congressional …
Cry, the Beloved Haiti – the world’s first black republic in travail
The news of violent street protests against Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise and of five American mercenaries being expelled after arriving on a “secret mission” should …
The slaughter of Muslims in New Zealand a cause for reflection
A worshiper in a mosque where hundreds are praying welcomes an obvious newcomer not by asking who he is but with the greeting, “Hello, brother,” …
Trump, the wall and a yearning for blond, blue-eyed
During a January 2018 meeting in the Oval Office with members of Congress focusing on a possible bipartisan immigration policy, Haiti, El Salvador and African …
Democrats should take on health care to lay groundwork for Green New Deal
You want Congress to take quick action to move the country forward and you have to choose between the “Green New Deal” and, for example, …
Venezuela’s Maduro must leave office but invasion not the answer
By the time this column is being read, Nicolas Maduro may no longer be president of Venezuela. The successor to Hugo Chavez has run the …
Guyana has opportunity for badly needed national unity
An interesting drama is about to play out in Guyana, the former British colony on the northern shoulder of South America, where huge oil discoveries …