Why Obama should come out for same-sex marriage
OPINION - The times demand concrete action, not symbolic gestures or rhetorical gymnastics...
Why we still clamor for an O.J. confession
OPINION - Apparently the public is not over O.J., although one could possibly think of a number of reasons why they should get over it...
Is Clarence Thomas unfit for the Supreme Court?
OPINION - Justice Thomas must resign if America is to begin to restore integrity to the judiciary...
Bachmann can't run from her birther bona fides
OPINION - Bachmann has been one of the most extreme and racially insensitive voices of right wing opposition to the president...
Why African-Americans prefer post-1965 America
OPINON - According to Rick Santorum, things were just fine in the U.S. before the creation of the welfare state...
Why is FEMA fleecing Katrina victims?
OPINION - Apparently, disaster victims, the unemployed, the working poor, welfare recipients and black and Latino children in crumbling inner city schools are some of the easy targets these days...
Why Obama and Cain are praying for a Palin run
OPINION - Can she win against an incumbent who has substantive work experience and, for all of his perceived shortcomings and missteps, a long record of accomplishments?...
What would the world be like without Oprah?
OPINION - Without Oprah, we would be deprived of one of the nation's most profound success stories, and a role model for women everywhere...
Trump just wasn't ready for prime-time
OPINION - The only thing more outrageous than a Trump presidential run is that some people in this country gave the man half a chance in the first place...
Gingrich has already lost the minority vote
OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
