….hopefully Lady Michelle Obama and her husband will have made history by being the first black woman to legally and morally sleep in the same bed as the President of the United States of America. That being said, I think Black America’s honeymoon will be over. Frankly, this blog is a response to the number […]
Read more "This Time Next Week…"Since I’m on this whole Chicago politicking bend, might as well tell the whole story. Most people who know about Chicago politics, or who have lived here for some period (or seen the “How Weather Changed History” episode where they covered it) know about how Chicago elected their first female as mayor by the name […]
Read more "Is it Prejudiced, Preferential Treatment or Racism: Snow Removal in Chicago (or lack thereof)"I must say that I am more than disappointed and mildly disgusted at how this gubernatorial and senatorial showdown has portrayed the venerated Roland Burris. This isn’t a long post, because I don’t have much to say about it, but on this one, I’m asking for other black folks who do not live in the […]
Read more "Round One to U.S. Senate; Roland Burris Denied Access to Senate Swearing In Ceremony"Yeah, I’ve noticed that I’ve not really been gifted with great titles and tag lines, oh well. This is for those that thought that I was actually going to let President-elect Barack Obama’s announcement of Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren go unnoticed, then this post is for you. Flat out, it was a bad decision […]
Read more "Being in the Middle Sucks"Following this past presidential election season, I realised and further identified myself as a proponent of Democratic Socialism. Yes, much of what now President-elect Barack Obama advocated in his economic plan does amount to income redistribution. Such ideology goes against the laissez-faire governmental leanings of many conservatives and the popular notion of capitalism. I believe […]
Read more "When America Capitalizes on America"Sometime last week, while I was mid crisi mode about exams and what not, Chicago born rapper Common dropped a quote to linking President-elect Barack Obama to the hip hop community. Obama “is going to change hip-hop for the better,” predicted the rapper, whose eighth album, “Universal Mind Control” (G.O.O.D. Music/Geffen), hits shelves Tuesday. “I […]
Read more "The New Face of Hip Hop"It is my understanding that a “complaint” was (PDF) filed with the district attorney’s office here in Illinois. It was because of this “complaint” that he was arrested last week about this time. At first, while I was in the midst of finals I didn’t give it much thought except that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was […]
Read more "Travesty of Justice; Blagojevich Impeachment Hearings"I’m quite sure as the product of what will bethree historically black colleges and univerisities (HBCUs) that you all know where I stand on this matter. But the state of Georgia is in a bind like most other states as far as budgets are concerned. Many of these states, counties and cities are about one […]
Read more "Merger of HBCUs; When Separate is Equal"Just thought I’d post this viral email that my mother just sent me twice. It raises some concerns that I had as well, but it was written in typical “angry black person” prose fraught with some untruths and hyperbole. Question–how do people arrive at such ludicrous conclusions? Have they heard too much George Wilbourn on […]
Read more "Where Are All Of These Buses Going To Go?"Alright, this is interesting, here at this school we have a Brigadier General who’s an enrolled student and I heard he say that isn’t it interesting that on this day as President-Elect Barack H. Obama (yeah, I’m going to wear that out) receives his first intel briefing in Chicago, that historically, as black people, we […]
Read more "UNN Fully Welcomes the 43rd Elected President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, Pt. 2"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 