(Akiit.com) Legitimate ethics investigations, or racially motivated witch hunts? That appears to be the question for some members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who last week asked the House to sharply curtail the investigative powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent body created in 2008 at the ...
(Akiit.com) Is America’s Second ‘Redemption Period’ Coming To Fruition? In the midst of the national debate (and it is a debate) around how America should address its illegal immigration crisis (and it is crisis), another discussion has arisen about what is America and who is America, as it relates to ...
(Akiit.com) Two weeks ago Dr. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to clarify statements he had made, which seemed to suggest that he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For 20 minutes Paul and Maddow ...
(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) To my surprise it seems like GOSSIP is here to stay… What I’m saying all these TMZ clones are popping up all over the place… Still amaze at how people can live through celebrities… Wanting to know they every move and so on… Guess we just waiting for many ...
(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, ...