So, at the top of the 7th inning yesterday, the Yankees had scored a run to tie the Tampa Bay Rays at 2-2. There were two runners on base but also two outs and the Yankees’ sensational rookie catcher Gary Sanchez was ambling up to the plate, with Butler following him. There was frantic discussion […]
Does it matter that we’ve been saying for a long, long time that there’s a systematic and continuing extermination of a people. Why do people refuse to see our trail of tears and outrage? Keith Lamont Scott Terence Crutcher Philando Castile Alton Sterling Freddie Gray Eric Garner Michael Brown Amadou Diallo Mapping Violence The Counted The […]
The brouhaha kicked up by the actress Lena Dunham complaining that New York Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr. failed to somehow objectify her is interesting to me because of American history. The issue of black-male interaction with white females in American history has always been historically problematic—Emmett Till, may God rest his soul, paid for this […]
I am still trying figure out what was wrong with what Hope Solo said about how Sweden played in the Rio Olympics soccer quarterfinals. No, let me back up. I was shocked when I read what she had said. Then, I chucked it to Hope being true to herself. Her team lost a frustrating match. […]
One thing is clear. Donald Trump does not have a plan to win the office of President of the United States. His intention is to win every news cycle by saying the most outrageous things that occur to him at that given moment. A short time ago, it was encouraging gun owners to make sure […]
It is the start of another English Premier League season, the beginning of another European Champions League campaign and the Arsenal Football Club is in a familiar spot woefully undermanned and bereft of ideas how to solve problems. Chelsea and especially the two Manchester clubs have replenished and rejuvenated their teams. The only thing those […]
Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for President of the United States, proves daily that he is not in the race to win it. But he aims to cause as much havoc as he can on the way to not winning the presidency. How else do you explain his efforts to recruit poll watchers in order […]
There have been political cartoons and breathless stories, including blatantly false ones by Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for President of the United States, about how President Obama paid ransom to get the Iran nuclear deal. Now, along comes a corrective story in the form of a New York Times editorial: The first thing to […]
These people. They just can’t take a joke. First, he sarcastically ran for the office of the President of the United States even though he is not qualified to run the country and he has no ideas how to and is not even interested in running the country. Ruin the country, maybe, but run it, no. […]
Adidas rap music video announcing Pogba’s return to Manchester United I was a fool to ever leave your side Me minus you is such a lonely ride The breakup we had has made me lonesome and sad I realize I love you ’cause I want you bad, hey, hey —Opening lyrics from Peaches and Herb’s […]
“I dunno if that man’s (never say his name) point is to troll at any cost whatsoever but his entire existence is a 5 steps backwards for any progress made in humanity.” Questlove ran the following on his Instagram (with the attached photograph): Slavery was inhumane. Slavery was sadistic. Slavery was uncomfortable. Slavery was unjust. […]
After Donald Trump’s scary, dark musings last night–laden as it was with lies, threats and his profoundly disturbing vision of what he aims to do as president–a little reflection is in order. Think about it. Is our common public weal more imperiled today than it was in those dark days of 2008? Yet, neither of […]