Share Wow, it’s December already. I haven’t blogged for a couple of months. I’ve been writing away, but just not blogging. All of that is changing, however, and I’m going to be blogging at least 3 or 4 times a week. This year has been a great year so far, and as I’ve written about [...]
Share Recently, I have been thinking a lot about my role as a writer particularly when it comes to commentary and op-ed writing. I am always asking myself if my writing is part of a solution, or part of the problem – the “problem” being a society in which everyone has something to say, but [...]
Share This evening President Obama made his highly anticipated address to Congress. With the healthcare reform plan having come under so much fire in recent weeks, the president had a great deal of work to do tonight. He did a great job in clarifying his proposal and came out strong in setting out his vision [...]
Share As you can see, I’ve been pretty busy! I’m now also writing for TheGrio.com – a newly launched website targeted at African Americans. The site features incisive, thought-provoking, and insightful commentary. Here are some recent-ish pieces of mine: Is Clinton’s visit to Africa about power or partnership? Beer summit looks great, needs more filling [...]
Share I’ve been away on a hiatus… but I’m back in force. I must admit that I have been sucked into the abyss that is Twitter (follow me!) and am just dragging myself out. There really is something to be said for micro-blogging. In any case, I have still been writing. So here are some [...]
Share I have been accused of being an Obama butt-kisser. Apparently I am not critical enough of him. There have been some people, especially in the black community, who feel that it is their duty to criticize the president at every turn. This, they believe, keeps him ‘accountable’ and helps him to do his job [...]
Share Embedded video from CNN Video As you can see, I thought the speech that Obama gave in Cairo (which is in Africa by the way, not the Middle East) was excellent. President Obama clearly realizes that in order to create something new, in order to transform a situation, you have to [...]
Share In life, the context is decisive. That is, things only truly make sense based on the context within which they are said. If you don’t know the context to something you cannot accurately understand it. It’s really that simple. People are still banging on about Sonia Sotomayor’s comments infering that she is biased/prejudiced/racist for [...]
Share I have a lot to say about Sotomayor and the whole ‘identity politics’ debate. Personally I think the whole ‘identity politics’ argument is BS and I wish her all the very best. For now, watch me debating the issue on CNN. A post on identity politics is to come… Embedded video from CNN [...]
Share Yesterday, May 19th, would have been Malcolm X’s 84th birthday. I have a few comments to make about the relevance of some of Malcolm X’s theories in this day and age, but for now I just want to salute him for what he contributed to the world. And here’s one of his most powerful [...]
