Just when the news cycle of Harvard professor Henry Gates’s arrest was winding down, President Obama gave it another spin. By accusing the Cambridge, Massachusetts police of acting “stupidly,” he leant support […]
Hip-hop jumps the shark
Specifically, hip-hop jumps the great white shark. 3OH!3 breaks into Top 10 Boulder-based duo hits #9 on Billboard charts A local hip-hop duo whose members hail from Boulder have broken into the […]
Why John McCain is not going to catch Barack Obama
by JS O’Brien You can see it in liberals’ eyes and in their white-knuckled grips on their hammers and sickles. They read the headlines. The polls are softening for Barack Obama. Could […]
Jena 6 D.A. Reed Walters – Jesus loves him, everyone else is just out to get him…
LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters is feeling rather put upon these days. In fact, he’s felt compelled to defend himself in The New York Times. The way he sees it, he’s […]
The latest from Jena – Bell to remain in jail….
The massive demonstration in Jena on Thursday against the unfair treatment of the black students known as the Jena 6 hasn’t had the effect that perhaps the protesters wanted. Mychal Bell, the […]
This just in: Jena school administrators not so keen on 1st amendment…
Well, they’re at it again in Jena. This time it’s 1st Amendment rights that seem to be nettling the powers-that-be. LaSalle Parish Schools Superintendent Roy Breithaupt has told a group of students […]
US MSM starts to catch up on Jena…why so slow…?
Finally. On Monday, July 30th, NPR’s All Things Considered broadcast a story on the Jena 6. Other than coverage of the first trial of one of the defendants, Mychal Bell, by a […]
The mockingbird’s song isn’t heard in Jena, LA….
Today is the 46th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel about Southern race relations, To Kill a Mockingbird. This particular anniversary seems a bittersweet one, since the Jena 6 […]
GOP quietly giddy about New Orleans’ black diaspora
So Bob Novak snidely suggests in his latest political report. Talking about upcoming US Senate races, Novak has this to say about Louisiana, which he feels is the GOP’s “best pickup opportunity” […]
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