Archive for: July 17, 2010

I’m re-reading a book I read several years ago titled “Beyond Defeat” by a wonderful black civil rights pioneer, James E. Johnson. To quote Johnson, “…there are only two things that motivate people: One is fear, and the other is …

Dear Americans,

The Minuteman Project, in conjunction with Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement (RIILE.org), is coming to Providence, Rhode Island to support Rhode Island Democratic State Representative Peter G. Palumbo’s Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, an Arizona-style immigration …

Although he claims that enforcing immigration laws is vital to national security and public safety, the Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — known as ICE — circulated an internal memo ordering officers not to arrest a broad range …

Imagine if you will, a bunch of people claim to have a car that has a problem. For the sake of argument we will call this problem “unintended acceleration” where the car takes off like a bat out of …

Racist. It’s a word thrown around so frequently, and casually, these days that the word has lost all real meaning. The word has been so devalued that its a wonder that people are still afraid of being stuck with that …