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Perhaps you were among those who celebrated investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith for doing this: Smith surprised the Morehouse College class of 2019 with a special graduation gift: He’s going to pay all of their student loan debt. … His gift to the nearly 400 graduating seniors is about $40 million, according to the… Read more.
Washington was all atwitter this morning after the Department of Justice announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be meeting the press to issue a statement on his famous report. Never mind that, ever since the DOJ released his reports six weeks ago, Mueller has been telegraphing his intent to never say anything more than… Read more.
It is common knowledge that Martin Luther King Jr was a womanizer. He even rivaled John F. Kennedy in this respect. Of course, JFK was a president, not a preacher. But I am the son of a preacher man. So I have standing to put MLK’s womanizing into perspective. As it happens, I did over… Read more.
I know that’s a provocative title. But nothing justifies it quite like the true story about the origins of Ebola. It just so happens that National Geographic is dramatizing that story in a TV series called the The Hot Zone. It premieres tonight. That said, With the Democratic Republic of Congo facing its deadliest Ebola… Read more.
At this point, nobody should be surprised that Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. After all, even before he scammed his way into the White House, David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post was telegraphing his intent to do just that. In a detailed series of articles, he found that many of Trump’s… Read more.
No doubt you saw promos for The Trump Family Business that ran last week. CNN finally aired it on Friday night. But I hope you had better things to do. Because another report on shady dealings in the Trump Organization could be no more informative than another one on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.… Read more.
So beware of Catholics talking about switching from communions to baptisms … Related commentaries: Catholic sexual abuse… Read more.
There’s no denying that Beto O’Rourke is the poster boy for white privilege. I mean, what else explains him losing a celebrated bid to win a Senate seat in Texas; opting for a road trip to contemplate his navel and decide his next move (most people would’ve had to get back to work); and then… Read more.
President Trump’s blusterous ignorance is surpassed only by his dangerous delusions. He might even think a lie becomes the truth if he keeps repeating it boldly and loudly enough. Only this explains his dogged claim that the United States is “collecting tens of billions of dollars from China in tariffs.” It is not – as… Read more.
