Slightly prior to the inauguration, over winter break, I was asked to do a book review on a graphic book entitled Still I Rise:  A Graphic History of African Americans.  Since I’ve been in the District since Sunday, I haven’t received the book for review let alone read it.  But here in this post is […]

Um, yeah y’all I’m headed to Washington, D.C. round about 2p.m. after church. And I’m waking up this morning, I turned on CNN (seems to be the poison of choice for everyone I’ve talked to) and I hear T.J. “Playboy” Holmes interviewing Vibe editor-in-chief Danyel Smith and I’m hearing Playboy getting crunk about Lil’ Jon who […]

Alright. Big Man over at Raving Black Lunatic awarded me one of these “tag your it” blogging awards.  I think I took it too lightly, so I’m making amends this time, but putting him first this time.  But before I get to my top five, this Superior Scribbler Award was given to me Citizen Ojo […]

For those self-identified liberals who are pushing for a Democratic Socialist society, as it were to be labeled, and who also identify as Christians, here’s some food for thought: If you [we, because I’m included as well] advocate universal health care, fair and equal housing for all, equal wages and salaries and equal educational funding […]

Here’s a quick post.  Much shorter than yesterdays diatribe. Again, it seems as though Jeremiah Wright feels comfortable to speak in public again.  Although still somewhat of a lightening rod, as evidenced by the fact that it’s news that he made an appearance, whereas for the previous decades of his ministry no one even knew […]

I’ve been a proponent of the phrase “Black America” and I’ve used it openly and liberally here in my blog, however I’ve tried my best not to make it proper noun.  However most times that is the tacit understanding of the designation “Black America.”  The connotation is that blacks living in this country are in […]

Yeah, I know I wrote 43rd elected president.  Bush was selected the first time which in a weird way to me doesn’t count.  He at least got elected the second time. Anywhoooooo…. Yes, per my last live blog note, I was really a wreck last night at about 11:00PM EST as were most black people […]

Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’  then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’; for the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until […]