Carson, Cruz, and Rubio: Tough Times in the WASP Nest?
The GOP claims to be above identity politics; but is that just a front for maintaining “racial integrity?” A look beyond just Trump’s offenses. — At one of the earliest Democratic debate, Secretary...
View ArticleYour Past Doesn’t Define You
A difficult past can be a launchpad to a brighter future. — Everyone has a past. We all know this. Some pasts are filled with darkness: Sexual abuse. Emotional abuse. Accidents. Fear Some pasts are...
View ArticleGay Marriage Will Bring ‘Mass Killings,’ Says Actual Doctor Ben Carson
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Benji DouglasThe good news is that Ben Carson woke up momentarily from his three-hundred-year slumber to mumble incoherently about you. The bad news is that he didn’t have...
View ArticleIs Ben Carson the Most Radical Nomination?
Embed from Getty ImagesAs promised, Mr. Donald Trump, who last week caused uproar overseas and at home when he participated in a phone call with Taiwan’s President – China’s foreign ministry has since...
View ArticleBen Carson’s ‘No Extra Rights’ for LGBTQs Comments Aren’t Going Over so Well
Embed from Getty Images—By Ben DouglasHow is this guy a brain surgeon? During his confirmation hearing this week, Ben Carson said that LGBTs want “extra rights.”Carson is being considered for the role...
View Article‘Extreme Vetting’ Hypocrisy
Embed from Getty Images—So what does Donald Trump mean when he argues for “extreme vetting” of visitors and refugees to the United States?Trump’s executive order stops admittance of all refugees into...
View ArticleThe Changing Face Of Black Masculinity
Embed from Getty Images—Dr. Vibe asks Rodney Kellum, LeRon Barton, Galen D. Bingham and Christopher “Flood The Drummer” Norris for their comments on the following stories:The Dr. Vibe Show™: Erased...
View ArticleBen Carson, Firearms and False Parallels to the Holocaust
View image | gettyimages.comBen Carson declared his shallow grasp of the dire need for gun reform, and a glaring lack of compassion when he stated Jewish people might have prevented the Holocaust had...
View ArticleYou May Not Agree With Ben Carson’s Politics. But We Shouldn’t Be Calling Him...
Yes, Dr. Carson has said some awful things, but mental illness should not be an insult or a political weapon.—An article made the rounds on social media this week about leading Republican presidential...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Sanders Revolution
To understand the importance of tonight’s debate, you must first recognize the significance of the Sanders campaign itself.—In tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders will take his...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter: The Intersection of Race, Politics, and Gender
View image | gettyimages.comWhen Black Americans decide to speak truth to power about the crucial issues facing many Black communities, there is an automatic level of resentment, fear and paranoia...
View ArticleBen Carson’s Big Payday
A number of Republican candidates for the presidency seem more interested in becoming rich than becoming president.Here’s a question you rarely hear asked: how interested is Dr. Ben Carson, who is...
View Article‘The Media’ Became the Story During and After the GOP Debate in Colorado
View image | gettyimages.comParticipants and viewers of the GOP Debate hosted by CNBC were visibly dissatisfied with the network and its moderators.—I didn’t watch CNBC’s GOP Debate as it aired;...
View Article2016: The weirdest presidential election ever?
No matter who wins, this is shaping up to be the strangest presidential election in a long time.—Politics is usually pretty weird, but the presidential election shaping up right now is definitely an...
View ArticleRubio Surges Ahead
Feel free to ignore all those the early polls, Marco Rubio is pulling ahead where it really matters.With Election Day 2015 come and gone now is probably a good time to take a survey of where things...
View ArticleWhat Ben Carson Got Right in His Critique of Media
The media must be not only responsible in its coverage, but responsive daily to the maladies it covers.—As the CEO of Techbook Online, a news and event company headquartered in Philadelphia, I...
View ArticleCan Iron Man and Captain America Lead America in 2016?
Matthew Rozsa explores the political lessons in the upcoming “Captain America” sequel.—When future cultural historians look back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I suspect they will find the...
View ArticleRubio on Repeat and Cruz the Cowardly Liar
Embed from Getty ImagesAt the most recent GOP debate, the republican Senators were unimpressive, unlike the Governors.—The dynamics were different at Saturday’s Republican presidential debate...
View ArticleBoth Carson and Kasich Were Afterthoughts at the GOP Debate in Houston
Embed from Getty ImagesAt final GOP debate before Super Tuesday, Dr. Ben Carson and Gov. John Kasich were given little mic time.—Dr. Ben Carson, a famed neurosurgeon who was once a Republican...
View ArticleHow Ben Carson is Engaging in Double-Speak
Embed from Getty ImagesDr. Ben Carson won’t attend Thursday’s GOP debate, and doesn’t see a path to victory, but will remain a candidate, so long as donations are fluid, maybe.—The lack of Ben Carson...
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