"I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it.  If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.  Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for … [Read more...]

"I sit on a man's back choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- EXCEPT BY GETTING OFF HIS BACK."     Leo Tolstoy  (1828 - 1910) … [Read more...]

"A policeman's first obligation is to be responsible to the needs of the community he serves.  The problem is, that the atmosphere does not yet exist in which an honest police officer can act without fear of ridicule or reprisal from fellow … [Read more...]

Former President Barack Obama will speak about the recent protests against police violence tonight at a My Brother's Keeper Alliance town hall live streamed at 5 p.m. on obama.org. If you've forgotten what a real leader of a democracy … [Read more...]

These last few days have laid bare that we are a nation furious at injustice.  Every person of conscience can understand the rawness of the trauma people of color experience in this country, from the daily indignities to the extreme … [Read more...]

"I used to think you could defeat bigotry.  But it only hides.  And when you give it oxygen ... it, in fact, brings out the worst in -- it sort of condones activity that is across the board, totally inappropriate.  And we must speak out."   … [Read more...]

Joe Biden comforted the nation yesterday with a filmed national in-person empathetic eulogy telling those who have lost someone to COVID  that: "based on experience I pray that the day will come when the thought of your lost loved one will … [Read more...]

"It doesn't matter if you love Joe Biden.  It doesn't matter if he was your first or your 5th choice.  It doesn't matter if he checks all your boxes.  What matters is that he is the guy standing between you and the utter destruction of … [Read more...]

As the people of France starved to death, they appealed to their leaders for bread.  The queen, Marie Antoinette, infamously replied : "Let them eat cake!"  Now, to appreciate the context of that slap in the face to the poor; only the rich … [Read more...]

"We shall infect on the beaches, we shall infect in the praying churches, we shall infect in the bars, we shall infect in the streets, we shall infect in the hillbilly hills, we shall never surrender to stay-at-home tyranny or wearing a … [Read more...]