Intellectual Bubblegum

The revelation that IRS agents decidedly singled out and scrutinized Tea Party groups is just beginning. Oh, not because it’s really a scandal. As the initial outrage and eye-catching headlines subside, we see that no real damage has been done nor a true crime has been committed. According the reports, in the wake of groups [...]

With no exaggeration, I’ve heard this phrase, “Your boy Obama” thrown in my direction at least 20 times by more than half as many people. To use it in a sentence, it’s delivered like “Your boy Obama did (whatever ticked them off).” Though most are guessing because I’m black, Yes, I did vote for him. [...]

In a comment  about NBA player Jason Collins disclosing that he’s gay, former NFL player Hines Ward said that he thinks many of his NFL colleagues would find an openly gay football player too much to handle. “I don’t think football is ready, there’s too many guys in the locker room and, you know, guys [...]

What if Congress and the NRA had a debate about guns and the public wasn’t really invited? Well, that’s what happened. After Newtown, Congress has said, “20 kids dead in Newtown? Hey, nothing worth losing our jobs over.” Maybe that not a good enough answer for the public to hear, but it’s music to the [...]

When I was a kid, there was a joke I heard from classmates.  It went something like this: A white guy and polish guy and a black guy confronted a gatekeeper. He would not let any of them pass to safety unless each of them answered a question.   He asked the white guy. What [...]

Conservative (black) rising star Dr. Ben Carson was asked by radio show host Mark Levin. “And what about white liberals — how do they treat you?” Dr. Carson said: “They’re the most racist people there are because they put you in a little category, a box,” Carson said. “How could you dare come off the [...]

You know about that powerful being. The one that knows us. Watches what we do. That’s supposed to listen to our pleas for help. A being who can punish us. Or make our lives better. Now is that Government or God? As our relationship with both are very similar, why isn’t it hypocritical for some [...]

In other words, if justice is about fairness, but the Supreme Court tends to rule on narrow matters often far removed from bigger ideas of fairness or equality, why do we call members of The Supreme Court “justices? The general definition of justice is the punishment, compensation or protection given for actions that take life, [...]

Even after a GOP autopsy report released by the RNC last week outlining serious, “red alert!” level party issues that threaten the viability of the Republican Party, many of the issues self-inflicted, we’ve seen an overall reaction from the GOP bordering on “meh” to hitting the alarm snooze button. The damage is happening now and [...]

Ben Carson, who just spoke at last weekend’s CPAC, is a rising star of the GOP. Professionally he’s an accomplished neurosurgeon. Not a politician nor a, until recently, followed thought leader on conservative issues. So why was a crowded audience at CPAC cheering him wildly and roaring applause for coy mentions about Carson running for [...]