(Akiit.com) The world’s a mess; war is everywhere. To set things straight, the president needs to stop indulging in magical thinking and face some hard realities in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. For starters… Sometimes I wonder if President Obama reads too many Ben Okri novels. As we transform from a ...
(Akiit.com) A report that African Americans make up nearly 25 percent of Twitter users triggered doubt. Our numbers guru says it’s probably true… A report that African Americans make up nearly 25 percent of Twitter users triggered doubt. It’s probably true. If you’ve taken time out to tweet in the ...
(Akiit.com) The 2010-2011 TV season is shaping up to be one of the most diverse ever with regard to on-camera talent. There will be nearly double digit representation by all ethnic groups (African American, Latino, East Indian/Asian) in leading roles – with the heaviest number of actors appearing on NBC ...
(Akiit.com) In Washington, commentators ironically label the Obama administration’s oil spill strategy as “too much, too late.” Lt. Gen. Russell Honore (ret.), himself a black Creole from the very communities facing this catastrophe, lamented that it’s not merely a way of life being destroyed on the Gulf. It’s lives, measured ...
(Akiit.com) Artur Davis should have learned a lesson or two from Barack Obama. Since Obama’s triumph in the 2008 presidential campaign politicians have heralded American politics’ entrance into a post-racial age. In many ways this is true: America in all her diversity and despite her difficult history, has finally fulfilled ...
(Akiit.com) Gary Coleman’s famous catchphrase from the sitcom Diff’rent Stokes, ‘What chu talkin’ bout Willis?,’ is forever ingrained in American pop culture. Sadly, it dogged Coleman for the rest of his life, which ended prematurely when he succumbed to a brain hemorrhage today at the age of 42. The adorable, ...
(Akiit.com) Even some of the most vicious criminals have a code of honor. No matter how much you hate your rival, you never attack his wife or children.The same can be true for most politicians and political commentators, who typically have enough decency to realize that your children have nothing ...
(Akiit.com) The “Big Three” is now officially the “Big Four” in Boston. What was labeled the “Big Three,” in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen officially has a fourth member in Rajon Rondo. The Celtics point guard has matured in front of our very own eyes during the 2010 ...
(Akiit.com) The CNN cable news program Anderson Cooper 360˚, recently aired a four part series devoted to the subject of race in America. The program, “Black or White: Kids on Race,†featured a new study based upon the research of Dr. Kenneth B. Clark’s infamous doll test of the 1940s ...
(Akiit.com) This one could have been mailed in. Sarah Palin predictably knocked President Obama for, as she put it, failing to “dive in there” and solve the Gulf spill disaster. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and a rash of GOP senators were slightly more grammatically intelligible but still pounced on Obama ...
(Akiit.com) No movement moves without support from “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” These words were written by Dr. Martin Lither King, Jr. in 1963, but their relevance is no less strong in 2010. Today, some claim there to be a disconnect between the actions of black leaders ...
(Akiit.com) Arizona’s new immigration law has sparked countless protests and has some government officials in other states cutting business ties to show their disapproval. News about the new immigration law spread faster than the swine flu of 2009. Too bad most people didn’t get all the facts before they jumped ...