This month, we’re marking the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer, when more than a thousand out-of-state volunteers joined local Mississippians to register African-American voters. At the time, Mississippi had the lowest percentage of eligible African-Americans registered to vote in the country — and those brave Americans recognized that the only way to give all […]
Read MoreAn Insider Is Outed 0
The favorite term to describe Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary loss to an unknown was “Earthquake!?” The New York Time’s 2012 election-predictor guru Nate Silver — now with his own firm — even produced graphs comparing all 3.5 or higher Southern California earthquakes since 1999 to House incumbent loses in primaries since 2010. […]
Read MoreGoodbye GOP; the tea party has won 0
For many political observers, last night’s loss by Eric Cantor was one of the biggest shocks of our political careers. The Republican House majority leader was easily defeated by an almost unknown challenger whom he heavily outspent. It’s been reported that Cantor’s team spent more on steakhouses than his opponent did on his entire campaign. […]
Read MoreFor Drudge, Rove and Putin, it’s silly season again 0
The silly season is upon us: the time during an election year when those trying to muck up the other side throw all sorts of nonsense about a candidate onto the public wall. Hillary Clinton, because she’s the Democrat’s presumptive 2016 front-runner, has become the target du jour. Frankly, I don’t know how public figures […]
Read MoreMaya Angelou: The definition of a phenomenal woman 0
I lost a friend and mentor today. Maya Angelou was the voice of three generations. Her poetry spanned our journey, chronicled our hearts and documented our struggles as we moved from the orations of Martin Luther King to the presidency of Barack Obama. “Dr.” Maya Angelou was a phenomenal woman. A rousing spirit, a joyful […]
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