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“Islamophobic Ballots And Bullets”: What Is It About Tennessee That’s Made It...
I hope there’s not something strange in the water in the Fourth Congressional District of Tennessee. This is the place represented in the U.S. House by the Conservative From Hell, Scott DesJarlais, the...
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“A History Lesson We Adamantly Refuse To Learn”: Our Racist History Isn’t...
When, on Wednesday night, a 21-year-old white man named Dylann Roof entered the Charleston church founded by former slave Denmark Vesey on the anniversary of Vesey’s planned 1822 slave rebellion and...
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“The Lessons Of Charleston”: The Real Threat To America Is Right-Wing Terrorism
On Wednesday night, a man named Dylann Storm Roof allegedly entered a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, during a prayer meeting. There he reportedly sat quietly for almost an hour, before...
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“Never Patriotic”: The Real Meaning Of The Confederate Flag
In the intensifying national debate over the Confederate flag, important clues about the seditious symbol’s true meaning are staring us in the face. Dozens of those clues were posted by an angry,...
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“Yes, There’s A July 4 Terror Threat From The Right”: I Believe It. But I Bet...
Representative Peter King (R-NY) told us on Wednesday that we need to be afraid, no, very afraid, of Muslims over the July 4th weekend. Why? Well, King, in his typical Muslim fear-mongering style,...
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“The Real Muslim American Threat? It’s Against Us”: We’ve Reached An Ugly...
There’s a growing threat in America involving Muslims. The FBI has even recently issued a warning to alert local law enforcement about it. But our politicians and media continue to ignore it. The...
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“Justice Is Supposed To Be Blind”: The Oregon Standoff And America’s Double...
What do you think the response would be if a bunch of black people, filled with rage and armed to the teeth, took over a federal government installation and defied officials to kick them out? I’m...
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“A President Cries, And The NRA Trembles”: A President Taking On The Gun...
Two of my closest friends are also my steadfast movie companions. It is our habit, whenever possible, to sit in the same row of our favorite theater. We’ve been doing this for years, but during our...
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“What About Rights Of Those Killed By Gun Violence”: President Obama Isn’t...
President Obama said a lot about guns in his teary press conference Tuesday, but the one thing that he is not saying, despite all the howling from the right, is that he intends to take away Americans’...
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“Denying Extremists Another Recruiting Opportunity”: Kid Gloves For Homegrown...
Soon after a bunch of white guys with guns holed up at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in protest against the federal government, wags took to social media to deride them. “Y’all Qaeda,”...
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“This Is More Than A Protest”: Behind The Scenes In Oregon, Ammon Bundy...
Ammon Bundy came here to preach. But Bundy is not spreading the word of God, though he’s a devout Mormon. Instead, Bundy is telling local residents that the federal government is illegitimate, that the...
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“Loretta Lynch Is Now Public Enemy #2”: Guess Why The GOP Hates Our Black...
It’s something I always figured would happen, and now it has. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is now public enemy #2 to the conservative media, after the president. The Justice Department’s initial...
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