Obama steps his game up

Earlier, I had some strong criticisms of Obama. I didn’t really care about the “he ain’t black” stuff–that’s for the birds. Today I was taping for The Barbershop, and one of the bits was about Johns Edwards’ poverty tour. I...

Conservatism…and Democracy?!?

Over at Cobb, my boy Mike is arguing that Conservatism may be the saving grace of America and the West. I don’t expect to get a response from him because he’s got a job to do…but while conservatism very well may be the saving grace of the North (not...

Black Churches get little Faith based aid

When Bush offered churches the opportunity to get federal aid folks thought he was trying to erase the Church/State distinction, and to at least demobilize black churches. (If he can’t get black people to vote for him, at least he can keep black pastors pacified...