It's Repugnant When the Media Describes Torture as Merely "Harsh"

The most disgusting and omnipresent cliché in journalism right now is "harsh" as a word to describe "torture, as in "harsh interrogation" (WaPost)and"harsh methods" (NYT).Look up the phrase"harsh interrogation"and you'll find it 247,000 times at Google. Look up "harsh...

Human Genome Project Announces That "Race" Does Not Exist

WaPost Headline Declares, "Race a Dominant Theme at Summit: Subject Seen as Drawing Leaders Closer", with WaPost Using the Word "Race" Nine Times in One Article.Although many people, particularly the white-news media, act as though they are unaware of it, the Human Genome...

What Would It Cost Obama to Prosecute the Torturers?

The title of my recent article on Obama and the torture memos was an example of hyperbolic sarcasm.  The article made it clear that the title "Obama Should Pardon the War Crimes Committed Under Bush" - was not intended as a statement of my opinion, but rather as a...

Obama Should Pardon the War Crimes Committed Under Bush

'Let's Forgive and Forget' President Barack Obama has released the "Torture Memos" that make it clear that it was the policy of the Bush Administration, including George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumseld, the military and the CIA to torture prisoners, even though...

Texas Lawmaker Asks Asians To Change Their Names

On Tuesday, State Rep. Betty Brown (R) caused a firestorm during House testimony on voter identification legislation when she said that Asian Americans should change their names because they’re too hard to pronounce: http://tinyurl.com/cmkdf7

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Rights VS Racism and Reparations

Well, in the fight against prejudice and bigotry in the world, it appears that the Obama administration is pitting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Rights "VS" Racism. And it appears that the gay community won.OK don't hate on me for pointing it...

73-year-old black man shot and killed by police in Homer, LA.

Howard Witt at the Chicago Tribune is following the HATE crime in Homer, LA.He reports about how on the last afternoon of his life, Bernard Monroe was hosting a cookout for family and friends in front of his dilapidated home on Adams Street in this small northern Louisiana...

New Orleans - Black man Shot 12 Times In Back

Another black man shot in the back, this time 12 times in New Orleans. "American cities are becoming color aroused powder keg's on the eve of a black man becoming President of the United States. More HERE