Today, International Women’s Day, I’m reiterating my longstanding assertion that women need to replace men as leaders in every public sphere, from the Oval Office to the C-suite. Men should be barred from politics The titles of three previous commentaries on this topic speak volumes: “Cracking the Political Glass Ceiling: Bachelet Becomes First Woman President in South America”… Read more.
Kamala Harris
Biden Announces Reelection Campaign. His Legacy Is Doomed.
President Joe Biden announced his reelection campaign today. This, despite polls showing that nearly half of Democrats don’t want Biden to run in 2024. They like Biden. They just think he’s too old. I agree. At the very least, Biden retiring would spare me the anxiety I get every time he speaks. After all, I… Read more.
The Killing of Tyre Nichols: Better to Eulogize than Save Blacks Like Him?
The Killing of Tyre Nichols was all too predictable. It played out like countless other cases of cops killing Black men. The Killing of Tyre Nichols Republican politicians offer thoughts and prayers after those shootings. But then they block legislation that could prevent them. Black activists offer eulogies after cops kill Black men. But then they refuse… Read more.
Harris has provided fodder for the media to pull Quayle-Cheney train on her. But when it comes to crises shaking the foundations of this republic, her antics don’t even register on the Richter scale…
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With Senate Appointment, California Gov Signals Latinos Are Now the Most Influential Minority Group
No doubt you’ve seen Black pundits all over TV stating the categorical imperative for California Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman. Black Lives Matter launched a petition Monday calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint a Black woman to fill the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Kamala Harris once she officially… Read more.
Hey Media, Kamala Harris Is Black. So Stop With Your ‘Woman of Color’ and South Asian BS.
No doubt you’ve seen everyone in the media bending over backwards to avoid describing Kamala Harris as a Black woman. Here, for example, is the banner headline no less a media authority than The New York Times ran on Friday, hailing her historic election: Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color… Read more.
Trump Threatens AG Barr to Prosecute Hillary, Obama, and Biden. Barr Must Resign – Immediately!
Attorney General William Barr asked President Trump to stop his social media commentary on Thursday after the flap over the case involving Trump’s adviser Roger Stone. Barr told ABC News in an interview scheduled to air on Thursday evening that he wants Trump to ‘stop tweeting’ and that the president’s comments make it ‘impossible’ to… Read more.
VP Debate: Pence Told His Lies; Harris Rolled Her Eyes
No doubt this was a much better debate than the Trump-Biden spectacle we witnessed last week. But that’s damning with faint praise. For what it’s worth, though, Kamala Harris won. But primarily because Mike Pence never even bothered to answer any of the questions, choosing instead to drone out patently canned talking points. Of course,… Read more.
Marking 100th Anniversary of The 19th Amendment!
Tuesday marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. When the words ‘the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged … on account of sex’ were added to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920, it seemed that, as long last, women got what they deserved. …… Read more.
I Picked Biden-Harris 2020 in January 2019. Now It’s Official!
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, elevating a former presidential candidate whose most electric campaign performance came when she criticized his record on school integration during a debate. Harris will be the first Black woman and first Asian American to run for vice president, representing… Read more.