This past Tuesday this country saw yet another image of a fractured Republican party and a Democratic Party failing to capitalize on the political jackpot this is for them in the upcoming November elections. The Tea Party has yet again reared its ugly head. The headline story has been on now Republican nominee from the […]
Read more "Democracy or Theocracy: The Separation of Church and State"If I recall correctly, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads thusly: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for […]
Read more "Failure To Communicate: When The Press Became The Media"One of the joys of cartoons is that generally all logic can be suspended. From the early inception of cartoons from Walt Disney where literally a camera was filming someone flipping pages, to the paneled 3D images that made Walt Disney films notable to the now joint production of Disney and Pixar studios, we all […]
Read more "The Dysfunctional Psychology of Cartoons"I was actually joking around on Twitter earlier about the four major mythical HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) that have permeated a certain section of black consciousness. I was making the joke that I would want to send my child to either Hillman College, Mission College, Atlanta A&T University or Truth University. Those institutions […]
Read more "College Bound: The Mythical HBCUs of Movies and Television"Recently I did a post spurred on by a colleague of mine, sparked by a rather indepth Twitter convo. When he asked how did I feel about Cory Booker and Adrian Fenty (mayors of Newark, NJ and Washington, D.C. respectively) my immediate response was that “they’re ontologically white” and therefore not a part of the […]
Read more "Black Mayors in the U.S., Pt. 2 – The New School"The other day, me and one of my Twitter followers had a rather in-depth conversation surrounding black mayors past and present in the United States and how their cities have faired over the years. Initially it began as a conversation about me not being immediately thrilled with Democratic candidate nominee for U.S. Senate from Illinois Alexi Giannoulias […]
Read more "Black Mayors In The U.S., Part 1 – The Old School"Let it be noted here, that this uppity Negro said it early on: there will be a Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin ticket in the future–very possibly in 2012. Either one as a president, although I do think Beck is a chauvinist and it would certainly be a lot for him to play second fiddle to Sarah […]
Read more "The Gospel According to Glenn Beck and Other Protest Rallies"Stony the road we trod Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope, unborn had died Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet, Come to a place, for which our father sighed. We have come, over a way that with tears has been watered; We have come, treading our path through […]
Read more "Lest We Forget… Remembering Hurricane Katrina"I’ll admit it, I’m a chronic sufferer of being in the “friend zone.” Cue the “dark and stormy night” music with a crack of thunder and bolt of lightning (and just imagine those sounds effects every time I write “friend zone.” Look, there it is again.) Fellas, you’ve been there at LEAST once, for some […]
Read more "Why You Stay in The Friend Zone: A Message to my Fellow Black Men"I really sometimes stand in awe of the political memory of the collective American people. I still stand that in general we don’t remember from week to week barely what happens at the intersection of politics, economics, religion and the general social climate of the day. Those of us who do keep up and try […]
Read more "When Religious Freedom Affects “Real Americans”: The Mosque Near Ground Zero"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 