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Happy Blessed 100th Birthday, Rachel Robinson! Jul. 22, 2022
Regal. Elegant. Stunningly beautiful. This is how I have always thought of Rachel Robinson, the wido... Read More
Remembering the Legacy of Jackie Robinson 75 Years after He Broke Baseball's Color Barrier Apr. 22, 2022
April 15 marked 75 years since Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball during the modern er... Read More
Underestimating the Voters' Intelligence -- and Paying for It Feb. 24, 2018
Politics can be both cruel and unsentimental. Consider the case of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., known... Read More
Race and Sports: It's Not 1947 Anymore. Let's Not Pretend That It Is Feb. 22, 2018
ESPN recently re-aired a three-part documentary about the long rivalry between two storied NBA baske... Read More
Remembering Jackie Tearing Down Barriers Apr. 21, 2017
Seventy years ago last Saturday, Jackie Robinson had a mundane Major League Baseball debut for the B... Read More
Thank You, Jackie Robinson Apr. 13, 2017
Seventy years ago this Saturday, Jackie Robinson made history by breaking the Major League color bar... Read More
Biographies for Young Readers Apr. 07, 2014
Besides learning valuable lessons from iconic folks who've come before, biographies make valuable re... Read More
Blacks and Obama Dec. 04, 2013
In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Ob... Read More
In Greed I Trust Jan. 08, 2012
Last week's column started off asking: "What human motivation gets the most wonderful things do... Read More
