On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Center on African American Politics and Society will sponsor a public lecture, “Studying Race in the Age of Obama.� I had planned to attend the lecture; instead, I’ll be in DC. President Barack Obama, a Columbia grad, had this to say about race in, well, t...

Hat tip: The Black Snob From Newsweek No ApologiesWe're all worried about seeming racist. Some advice: just relax.By Raina Kelley | NEWSWEEKPublished Feb 28, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Mar 9, 2009 Dear fellow journalists (especially the ones on TV): can I offer you a bit of unsolicited advic...

Andy Warhol famously said, “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.� In the age of the Internet, a TV rant can give birth to a “new revolution.� A new Rasmussen poll found that 54 percent of Americans “say no bailouts period.� Conservatives are tapping into that anger...

Media baron Rupert Murdoch is in a fight that he had hoped to avoid. In a statement, Murdoch apologized: We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted. Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of peo...

In his address to a joint session of Congress, President Barack Obama sought to reassure an anxious nation: But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we wil...

Tavis Smiley’s 10th annual State of the Black Union will be held next weekend in Los Angeles. In these difficult economic times, the attendees can save money by reading a new report from the Center for American Progress. The report, “Minorities and the Labor Market in the Recession by the Number...

As longtime readers know, I love the blues. I am as passionate about the blues as I am about calling out a double standard. That’s why I thought President Barack Obama should have kicked Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, et al. to the curb. And I agree with Larry Kudlow: the bus should come for Treasur...

Folks, these “distractions� are starting to tax my nerves. President Barack Obama’s pick to be chief performance officer, Nancy Killefer, dropped out after disclosing she failed to perform a chief responsibility of any American: paying taxes. In a letter to the President, Killefer wrote: I rec...

The Republican National Committee winter meeting is underway in DC. Later today, the 168 voting members of the RNC will elect the next chairman. On my way to the luncheon, I ran into one of the candidates for GOP chairman, Ken Blackwell. I’ve known Ken since...well for a long time. We exchanged pl...

On President Barack Obama’s first full day in office, an Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll found 67 percent of Americans, including 47 percent of Republicans, are hopeful and optimistic. Obama has wasted no time tackling the boatload of problems he inherited from George W. Bush. From Wall S...