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Do We Really Still Need Black History Month? Feb. 05, 2019
Every so often, even now, somebody asks why America needs a Black History Month, which kicks off tod... Read More
A Study in Morals Feb. 05, 2019
"Moral authority." Hmm. Who shoe-horned that notion into the national conversation? According to for... Read More
Media Call Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods 'Black' -- But Not Naomi Osaka? Jan. 31, 2019
When Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced her candidacy for the 2020 presidential race, MSNBC's C... Read More
Campaigns Do Matter and Can Change History Jan. 26, 2019
In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running for the White House against Richard Nixon, winning Democra... Read More
Anti-Social Media Jan. 24, 2019
This past weekend, Twitter was on fire about an event near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. After... Read More
LYNDA HIRSCH ON TELEVISION -- GOSSIP Jan. 19, 2019
Trump brags he is the best deal-maker in the world. Has he talked to Megyn Kelly's attorney? NBC rep... Read More
You're Nobody Until Somebody (White) Kills You Jan. 17, 2019
Social media rang with righteous indignation over the senseless killing of Jazmine Barns, who was sh... Read More
Day of Service -- Life of Service Jan. 17, 2019
This Monday, we will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated when... Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Faces Poverty's Demise Worldwide Jan. 10, 2019
WASHINGTON — As every public-spirited citizen of these United States knows by now, 29-year-old... Read More
A Truthful Tale Told Without Politics Jan. 04, 2019
Weary of being hit over the head with political righteousness, self-centered virtue and glib judgmen... Read More
Disparities Galore Dec. 26, 2018
Much is made about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation's academic and leg... Read More
A Reasonable Proposal Put Forth on 'Silent Sam' Dec. 11, 2018
Chancellor Carol Folt and the trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have come ... Read More
A Lesson in Racial Politics from Florida Nov. 21, 2018
Now that, finally, the elections in Florida have reached a conclusion, there are lessons worth learn... Read More
Short Takes on Not-So-Funny Humor and Not-So-Fun Flights Nov. 20, 2018
A little chess humor. Very little. In the world of chess, Fabiano Caruana is like Tiger Woods, Tom B... Read More
Media Skip Farrakhan and Hype 'Nazi' Prom Nov. 16, 2018
It's very easy for media elites in Manhattan to decide that one tweet can prove small towns in Wisco... Read More
The End of the Crime Wars Nov. 15, 2018
Maybe it's fitting that only two weeks after running his own version of the 1988 "Willie Horton" ad ... Read More
We Have an Identity Problem Nov. 14, 2018
According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials h... Read More
Democrats Coming out of Closet Oct. 21, 2018
I remember giving a speech about a decade ago at a large GOP event in San Francisco. I opened the ev... Read More
Walk Away from Counterfeit Indians Oct. 19, 2018
Elizabeth Warren's identity crisis should doom the left's exploitation of racist identity politics. ... Read More
When I First Realized America Is Exceptional Oct. 16, 2018
I moved to California from New York City in 1976. The founder of what was then America's largest Jew... Read More
