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We Are Women, Hear Us Roar

October 19, 2012

Should there be any doubt now that women can handle presidential debates, as well as men?  That they can conduct a live television event that lasts for 90 minutes before an audience of 60 million viewers?  That they can be smart, bold and professional in dealing with the men who would be president and vice [...]

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Fight Women, Reelect Obama

March 8, 2012

Barefoot, pregnant and staying home.  That’s where Republican men apparently want to see women of the 21st Century.  They have begun their endgame by chipping away at women’s reproductive rights.  Predominantly white male-dominated legislatures in 20 states have enacted onerous restrictions on women’s health, including Texas, which now forces women, who want an abortion, to [...]

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My 2011 Top Ten Black Hits and Misses

December 30, 2011

Add mine to the plethora of Top Ten lists that inundate us at every year’s end.  Mine is different.  It looks at men and women of African-descent, who unwittingly gave the image of black people a boost or a bust. Topping my winners and losers is the inimitable, would-be President of the United States HERMAN [...]

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Obama and the GOP : Guess Who Wouldn’t Come to Dinner

November 20, 2010

No, they di-int! Yes, they did. Do Republican leaders have any ounce of civility left? Obviously they don’t when it comes to dealing with President Obama. After the Democrats got what the President even called a “shellacking” in the mid-term elections, Mr. Obama invited House and Senate leaders from both parties to a meeting on [...]

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