So you want to know everything that really matters about America, but you don’t feel like sitting through a couple of years of college-level history classes. I get it and I got you covered. Not everybody digs the college scene. Some people just aren’t into the pretense or the formality…

Warning Label and Obligatory Disclaimers I never write anything with the specific intention to offend or unnerve the reader. But when you are committed to candor, it is bound to happen occasionally. The truth is that sometimes when people’s feelings get hurt, their feelings needed to be hurt in order for them to really hear…

Before We Begin It would be uncool of me if I did not confess up front that this list is not entirely fair. Making a blunt statement that a movie was responsible for the misplaced focus and misdirected energy of an entire nation of people sounds like barbershop and backyard bar-b-que talk more…

Merrick Garland’s lack of passion to meet the moment has gotten way out of hand. In a time when old-fashioned aggression is needed, his is non-existent. I skipped medical school, but I think he needs to see a doctor about this condition because it is impacting the whole damned country…

And now Black America will be punished for it — I do not publicize this conclusion lightly. I am painfully aware of the historic stereotype about the intellectual capacities of Black men in America. As much as anyone can in the modern theater, I have lived the experience fully. But after thorough examination over an extended period of time, it…

I appreciate and understand the upset that followed the Supreme Court pulling the plug on Affirmative Action at the end of last term. I am not insensitive to the feelings and fears of my beloved fellow progressives, and the liberals I tolerate as an exercise in advanced pragmatism. For us…

For once I offer a sharp critique of the country of my birth that is not based on race. Not directly anyway. I confess it doesn’t take a lot of work to offer damning insights into the 4th of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. For 18 years running, this…

I don’t know much about the five people who died on that submersible this week. They could all have been delightful people. And I’ll bet you my check that the media will flood our attention with all of the wonderful things about them over the next few days. But let’s…

I could not help myself. I really did not want to write this piece but I would be a phony bastard if I didn’t. When I feel THIS strongly about an event in popular culture, I have to put a response on the record just in case somebody who hasn’t…