By The Admin on October 25, 2009
Jessica Johnson, Athens Banner-Herald
- When Johnson Publishing canceled the Ebony Fashion Fair for the first time in 51 years, the financial woes of declining advertising sales hammering Ebony, the nation’s oldest black-owned magazine, became even more apparent.
The news of Fashion Fair’s cancellation was combined with a grim report concerning the status of Johnson Publishing’s finances: [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on October 23, 2009
Ed Lasky, American Thinker
- A few days ago I wrote about the attempts by the Justice Department to force the city of Kinston, North Carolina to label candidates by party affiliation. The Justice Department adopted a paternalistic (and insulting) rationale when they justified their action as being necessary to insure that African-Americans can elect candidates [...]
Posted in National Politics, Race
By The Admin on October 23, 2009
President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and a parade of House and Senate Democrats should get academy awards for their play act on the public heath care option. It’s as dead as a doornail. Yet, the principal players still tease the public with their talk about it. The public option epitaph was written months ago [...]
Posted in Congress, Health, White House
By The Admin on October 21, 2009
Paul Scott
- With the announcement of Rush Limbaugh’s failure to purchase part of the St Louis Rams football franchise, the Right went on a safari to track down the ever elusive, black racist. As usual, the race hunters came up empty. The best specimen that they could capture was Fox News Channel’s token black commentator, [...]
Posted in Race
By The Admin on October 21, 2009
Will Ayers Jr., Bleacher Report
- The Indianapolis Colts, Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, and Chicago Bears have all had successful seasons this year and it can be attributed to the accomplishments of their head coaches.
Out of the six African American head coaches in the NFL, five have led their teams to winning records. [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
