(Akiit.com) This is the first in a periodic series examining the midterm elections. The series is based on excerpts from my forthcoming book, “The Midterms: Why They are So Important and So Ignored” (Middle Passage Press) It’s no accident that those least likely to vote in the midterms are young, minorities, ...
(Akiit.com) Nearly $100.00 to gas up a family-sized sedan in today’s inflation driven economy – sadly, that’s the new reality. On the fuel pump, I saw a sticker of the president pointing to the total with “I did that!” written in red letters. The truth hurts and large numbers of ...
(Akiit.com) Back in 2019 I wrote a piece entitled, “Trump Tourette’s” about the unhinged reactions you get from leftists anytime you mention the 45th President of the United States. It doesn’t matter if you’re wearing a MAGA hat or casually explaining to someone how to play euchre, any even tangential ...
(Akiit.com) In a sense, the mass murder at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was a symbol of how badly off-track our country has gotten. Amid the bunting and marching bands and families on lawn chairs, a disturbed idiot with a powerful rifle fired randomly at grandfathers, ...
(Akiit.com) The Supreme Court of the United States of America have decided to overturned their support of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Abortion Law making it an unprecedent and historic event that have captivated the country and divided the nation against each others on the left and on the right ...
(Akiit.com) (**1/2) Baz Luhrmann photobombs this Elvis portrait with over-extravagant filmmaking that dwarfs the iconic rock and roller. And that ain’t easy. The script, cowritten by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell and Craig Pearce (Moulin Rouge! and Romeo + Juliet), puts it all out there. Ambitious singer borrows heavily from R&B music, fuses it ...
(Akiit.com) I understand that politicians in general, and godless neo-Leninist liberals specifically, are dishonest, conscienceless and will say and do anything to get elected and stay elected. They would sell their souls to remain in office, and the overwhelming majority has done just that. As a whole, politicians are the ...
(Akiit.com) Joe Biden has become America’s “it’s not my fault” president. Whether it’s the inflation, the border, the crime, the gas prices, the Afghanistan exit fiasco or the stock market collapse, Biden has become an expert at pointing the finger at someone else. His presidency so far reminds me of ...
(Akiit.com) “The only people with no problems that we know of are in the cemetery.” Junious Ricardo Stanton Life is such that we are faced with a myriad of situations, circumstances and challenges every day. Problems and adversity are part of the human condition. They are unavoidable; we all have ...
(Akiit.com) Some years ago, as the pandemic was making its first stirrings, I heard from assorted pundits across the fruited plane that America was going to be changed forever. We would never get back to pre-pandemic normalcy. We would be wearing masks unto eternity. We would be importuned to wash ...
(Akiit.com) The Tribeca Film Festival is back on track. In 2022 it offered both theater screenings (June 8th – 19th) and at-home TFF App-viewings too (up to June 26th). Festival premieres and parties were back in full swing, and images of Black life were everywhere. Feature films, documentaries, shorts, series… Aisha (***) For Aisha ...
(Akiit.com) Someone recently asked if the “streets” miss Trump. In fact it was Doc Rich, a popular black YouTuber. He recently posted two reaction videos on this topic. Both were street interview videos, where the interviewers spoke with random black Americans. One, the aforementioned, “Do the streets miss Trump?” featured black comedian ...