(Akiit.com) Those Black folks, including myself, who strongly believe that the most important goal of 2020 is to oust No. 45 as president of the United States are not shouting “Hallelujah” and feeling good about former vice-president Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate. We believe ...
(Akiit.com) “I just sat with that for a minute. I just sat there. And then I found, out of nowhere, just tears coming down — like they are now. I thought about Betty Shabazz. I thought about Coretta Scott King. I thought about Maya Angelou. I thought about Dorothy Height. ...
(Akiit.com) Move over Molly. You’ve got competition! Folks in New Orleans are downing potent capsules dubbed Power that can give them superpowers. What’s the catch? The energy rush only lasts for minutes and it’s very unpredictable. Who in the world could think up such a novel premise? Point your finger ...
(Akiit.com) The 2020 campaign has been so contorted by the coronavirus that the Democrats and Republicans are still figuring out how on Earth they’ll hold virtual conventions. Now imagine how it could make a mess out of November. As President Donald Trump bizarrely tweeted about delaying the election, the media ...
(Akiit.com) The angry left-handed broom of America‘s cultural revolution uses fear to sweep through the our civic, corporate and personal life. It brings with it attempted intimidation, shame and the usual demands for ceremonies of public groveling. It is happening in newsrooms in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. And now ...
(Akiit.com) The supposed popularity of “Black Lives Matter, Inc” is a complete fantasy — willfully repeated ad nauseum by the left and the media — that is distorting public discourse around the wave of radicalism that has ravaged our cities this summer. Mainstream polls ostensibly show striking levels of “support” ...
(Akiit.com) Joe Biden doesn’t understand the risks and dangers involved in policing. Police have a tough and dangerous job, and armored military vehicles, shields and military-grade body armor can save officers’ lives. During an online interview with Ady Barkan, Biden announced that he wanted to return to Obama’s ban on supplying surplus military ...
(Akiit.com) As usual, the world is looking to the United States for leadership on how to respond globally to the coronavirus. At home, Americans recognize that our country will continue to be vulnerable until the virus stops spreading throughout the world. From the post-World War II Marshall Plan to President ...
(Akiit.com) As I write this, I am sitting in a chair, writing on a laptop, enveloped in my cocoon of white privilege. I’m a monster, I know it. I have used my privilege to my advantage every chance I got, especially when I didn’t know I was supposedly doing it. ...
(Akiit.com) There’s a saying that’s common in both politics and blue-collar work—when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. Georgia is in a hole right now. Our economy is still recovering from the pandemic and the projected state budget shortfall this year—13 percent—is significant. This is a time for ...
(Akiit.com) According to the Washington Post, the 45th President told 19,126 lies between his inauguration in 2017 and June 1, 2020. By now, the number has likely edged toward 20,000, as his Tulsa “rally” yielded dozens more. This President has no allegiance to the truth, but that’s no surprise. Leading ...
(Akiit.com) No sooner had the ink dried on President Trump’s executive order that broadened his original April 22 immigration pause to include several categories of temporary, employment-based visas, than globalists put up a collective howl. To powerful elitists like corporate lobbyists, immigration lawyers, the donor class and some in Congress, ...