The African-American leadership network Project 21 is asking the Virginia State Bar to investigate NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc president and director-counsel Elaine R. Jones. "Obstructionism is the order of the day in the Senate," said Project 21 ...
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"Ghettopoly," a parody board game, recently made big news and drew a lot of protestors. But the protesters were selective in their anger. Based on the popular board game "Monopoly," "Ghettopoly" claims to satirize ghetto "culture" and gangsta-rap stereotypes. Properties ...
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  A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. In the early ...
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  A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. As a product of Cleveland's public school system, I can attest to its ...
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I agree with this Wall Street Journal editorial (subscription required) saying: ....Social Security reform becomes even more important to Mr. Bush's Presidency and his political coalition in the wake of the Medicare giveaway. Republicans are bragging that by giving seniors ...
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My brother, Christian Moritz, sent along this USA Today article: "Liberals Finding their Voice and It's Angry." The liberals are always angry. No newsflash there. But this article is worth reading for a couple of reasons, not least of which ...
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Musings from Ed Haislmaier: I am hard pressed to think of a strike I'd be more likely to support than this one. The main question is: How to support it? If we send the strikers care packages or raise money ...
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This interesting Washington Post November 30 article recaps negotiations over the Medicare bill on Capitol Hill. It includes a few choice tidbits, such as the Hill nixing a detailed White House plan that apparently would have delivered far more fundamental ...
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Either the Associated Press needs to hire better editors, or the Baltimore police need to find less violent officers. Or so I conclude after reading an article in the Washington Times, part of which I reprint here: County police are ...
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A word we keep hearing about is "metrosexual." Supposedly, the term comes from the notion that a man who is interested in clothes is in touch with his feminine side. We are supposed to believe that his very existence is ...
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