While watching the Sarah Palin interview with Charlie Gibson Thursday night, and the coverage of the Palin phenomenon in general, I’ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dim… more →
donkey o.d.wrote 2 days ago: Throughout his distinguished career, Bob Herbert has helped shine a spotlight on the lives of Americ … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The continuing high rate of black unemployment is, in part, the result of a sizable and continuing d … more →
wrote 1 month ago: This clip illustrates the legitimate debate between two visions of equality, opportunity and outcome … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Rachel Maddow opens up the discussion about the murder of Trayvon Martin by noting how the gun lobby … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I considered several openings for this piece: Will liberals ever get beyond race? Do liberals really … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women So, this guy, James Poulos, writ … more →
wrote 6 months ago: I had a one-on-one chat with Bob Herbert, former op-ed columnist of the The New York Times and natio … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Jayson Blair made the job tougher for every other Black journalist. (This is a column I wrote in 200 … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Washington, DC – On the heels of two months of dismal job growth, a panel of workers, economists and … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The New York Times has a new columnist who’s actually stylish, independent-minded, and fun to … more →
wrote 1 year ago: To those of you graduating in eleven days, congratulations! You have a few exams, projects or papers … more →
wrote 1 year ago: PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - When we look at the problems in education today, the plight of kids from low in … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Here it is, The Web Ellis Cup. Rugby football gladiators will compete for this prize in the months a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Bob Herbert’s farewell editorial in the NYT was, as usual great. But I think it is a teeny-tin … more →
wrote 1 year ago: His voice was the thunder of American justice in the newspaper. He spoke of real people and the eros … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Kiss of Peace, Galilee, 2004 by Tracey Lind A Sermon preached on The Third Sunday in Lent 2010 In th … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In his final column for the New York Times, “Losing Our Way” Bob Herbert seemed rather spiritually d … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I enjoy reading the New York Times online everyday, or at least on those days when I have time to si … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The pen [that can write just laws for majority] is mightier than the sword–Winston Churchill ~ … more →