Current Events
Obama, the Rev. Wright and the Legacy of Emmett Till
The recent uproar about Barack Obama’s former pastor has pushed a very explosive issue into the presidential campaign. The issue of our country’s history with regard to race is one that Sen. Obama literally embodies...
Exchanging E-Mails with Obama
(Sen. Barack Obama, seated at center, with his junior varsity basketball team in the 1977 yearbook of the Punahou School in Honolulu.) I was exchanging some e-mails with Sen. Obama and he was able to...
Political Maelstrom
It seems that I have stepped into the political maelstrom forming as the November elections approach. Rocky has asked about how the Republicans are trying to portray Obama as a Muslim and how it might...
Castro Moves On
(From left: Castro at Hotel Theresa, Harlem. Top right: Castro and Malcom X. Bottom right: Fidel Castro) Cuba has gotten some intense media attention recently because of the “retirement” of Fidel Castro, who has passed...
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