I never really knew I felt about the whole Cuban-U.S. relations until recently. As a kid growing up, I heard about the tenets of Communism and frankly it all sounded GRRREAT to me. Especially in light of the Christian teachings I heard growing up about how Christ was for ALL people, and this semi-universalist slant […]
Read more "To Those Who Left The Revolution…."South Carolina left the Union of the The United States of America in December of 1860 sounding off the spring 1861 flood of Southern states that left the Union ultimately making headway for the Confederate States of America that lasted all of four years. Although many of the Confederate leaders were charged with treason and […]
Read more "The New Confederate States of America?"As you all can kind of figure out, I’m up to my eyes in work dealing with school and I haven’t done a serious blog in a minute. I’m running left and right playing to services on campus and trying to squeeze in classes and schoolwork that I really don’t care about for the […]
Read more "I Want To Teabag the TeaBaggers–the Uppity Way!!"I remember watching George Bush walk out of St. John’s Church on January 20, 2001 on the slightly rainy inauguration day that year, and I remember at 16 wondering what it would be like to see a black man as a president having to attend a white church service. I imagined that he’d be going […]
Read more "The Obamas’ Search For a Spiritual Home"So America’s favorite black voice on all things black, Michael Eric Dyson, has been given a new lease on life as far as radio show is concerned. Oprah Winfrey is confirmed as Michael Eric Dyson’s first guest on his new public radio show, the African American Public Radio Consortium announced on Tuesday. Other confirmed guests to appear in […]
Read more "The Public Intellectual Strikes Again"So this past week allowed for ignorant tycoon Bernard Madoff to finally see the inside of a jail cell rather than his $7,000,000.00 Manhattan penthouse; Pope Benedict XVI, the most conservative we’ve seen in a long time, informed us that condoms increase HIV/AIDS infection, and this was on the heels of the HIV/AIDS numbers for […]
Read more "Which Set of Rules Are We Playing By?"First some housekeeping stuff: I received two books to review and I’ve been quite remiss in doing so. To the publicists of these books, if you’re reading this blog, I’ve not forgotten about you. I’ve just been swamped with work–I am in grad school. ********************************* Text derives from the Latin textus (a tissue), which is in turn derived […]
Read more "The State of the Black Union and Other Uppity Negroness"The ethical truth that’s so hard for us to face is that we have a black man presiding over a modern empire that we all live inside and benefit from. The quiet question is what are we celebrating when we celebrate Obama as imperial leader? A friend sent me that in a text message (don’tcha […]
Read more "Celebrating Obama As Head of Empire"It’s been 10 years since the inception of Tavis Smiley’s brain child, the State of the Black Union which has covered a range of issues over the past years from the economy, to the Black Church, the Black Family, Reclaiming Democracy and now this year “Making America as Good as its Promise.” Granted that’s […]
Read more "UNN Watches The 10 Annual State of the Black Union: Making America as Good as its Promise"Okay, the Academy Awards are in two hours and some odd change, let’s see if I can knock out these movie reviews quick fast and in a hurry. Up on the docket first is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Honest opinion, this past fall, especially this winter fell short on decent movies I wanted […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 