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A Personal Reflection on the Legacy of Slavery Sep. 19, 2019
As I have been reflecting on the 400th anniversary of the landing of Africans in Jamestown, Virginia... Read More
Beginning of US Slavery Aug. 28, 2019
The New York Times has begun a major initiative, the "1619 Project," to observe the 400th anniversar... Read More
Reframing American History Aug. 23, 2019
The New York Times has commissioned their 1619 Project, which apparently "aims to reframe the countr... Read More
Let Everyone's Light Shine Aug. 22, 2019
This week marks the 400th anniversary of more than 20 African slaves being sold on land that is now ... Read More
Let Everyone's Light Shine Aug. 22, 2019
This week marks the 400th anniversary of more than 20 African slaves being sold on land that is now ... Read More
How Important Is Today's Racial Discrimination? Aug. 14, 2019
There is discrimination of all sorts, and that includes racial discrimination. Thus, it's somewhat f... Read More
American Flag Stands for Freedom, Not Racism Jul. 10, 2019
A new Gallup poll shines a spotlight on the deep political divide in America and surely points to wh... Read More
What Reparations Opponents Get Wrong Jun. 27, 2019
Among many Americans, the founding of the republic and the drafting of the Constitution are as vivid... Read More
Reparations for Slavery Jun. 26, 2019
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. ... Read More
Stop Arguing About These Things Jun. 24, 2019
As the election slouches rudely toward the Russian-monitored polling place in your town, there is mu... Read More
Slavery Is Neither Strange Nor Peculiar May. 29, 2019
The favorite leftist tool for the attack on our nation's founding is that slavery was sanctioned. Th... Read More
Dissing the Dead in Dallas May. 28, 2019
During the walk-up to Memorial Day, with its evocations of respect for fallen warriors, hypercharged... Read More
Media Matters' Fake-News Pro-Slavery Headline Apr. 25, 2019
In journalism, a "lede" is the introductory section of a news story, intended to entice the reader i... Read More
Why Political Emancipation Without Economic Independence Is Incomplete Freedom Apr. 25, 2019
I recently had the pleasure of being invited by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to speak at a breakfast gat... Read More
My 2020 Vision: Choose Hope Over Fear Apr. 11, 2019
With over a dozen Democrats having already announced they are running for the Democratic presidentia... Read More
Bob Kraft and Barbecue Apr. 08, 2019
I live in Massachusetts, a state that's been showered with sports championships in the last few year... Read More
To Pay for Reparations, Will Democrats Sue Themselves? Mar. 07, 2019
After the election and re-election of the country's first black president, who would have thought th... Read More
Time to End the Shameful Strand of US History Feb. 07, 2019
Four hundred years ago this summer, colonial America's first representative assembly was convened in... Read More
Do We Really Still Need Black History Month? Feb. 05, 2019
Every so often, even now, somebody asks why America needs a Black History Month, which kicks off tod... Read More
The Past Can Determine the Present, Future Feb. 04, 2019
In African culture, the griot, or storyteller, repeats the old stories and passes knowledge on to th... Read More
