(Akiit.com) President-elect Barack Obama has said the African-American church transformed him from a skeptic to a believer. He has spoken appreciatively of its vibrant worship and written about how the black church experience has moved him to tears. And he has credited African-American congregations for their work in helping the ...
(Akiit.com) Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush has screamed long and loud that the Senate’s bash of disputed Illinois senate appointee Roland Burris is racism. Burris took the cue and chimed in that he also whiffed race in the Senate Democrats’ obsession with keeping him out of the Senate. Rush and Burris ...
(Akiit.com) The first time I heard the phrase “Kinder, gentler nation†was in the 1980’s. It was a Republican slogan and I knew even then that it was mostly bullcrap. I knew it was propaganda designed to hide the greedy, selfish warmongers who wanted the world to believe that they ...
(Akiit.com) The good news is that the Bailout will make a difference. The Federal government’s response to America’s limping economy will slowly begin to ease some of the pain and hysteria. It’s a recession–we knew that before they told us. We’ve survived recessions. At some point in the next couple ...