Commentaries

For many Pennsylvanians, the case of Jerry Sandusky has been a source of shock, of surprise, and/or morbid curiosity. Questions abound as to what happened, how could it have happened, and why? But that is… Full Transcript

With less than a week before his scheduled execution, Terry ‘Butta’ Williams, after many years of hearing “no” in every court he’s ever entered, finally got a “yes.” Terry won not just a stay of… Full Transcript

The name on his death warrant is Terrance Williams, but that’s not his name. It’s Terry Williams – and some clerk, some prosecutor perhaps, decided to make it “Terrance” —and so it is. The man… Full Transcript

Since when have you seen teachers treated like (in the words of South Carolina congressman, James DeMint (R) “thugs”? The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) decided to fight back, after the state legislature tacked on more… Full Transcript

Brothers and Sisters! Mis Hermanos y Hermanas! Comrades! Thank you all for coming together here. You may think that you know something about solitary, but you don’t. You may have a loved one in prison… Full Transcript

Several years ago, a new American president charmed the crowds in Cairo with his eloquence, his seeming earnestness, and most importantly, his person. This president was the first such U.S. chief executive with caramel brown… Full Transcript

I’ve not wasted a lot of time watching the conventions, for conventions are essentially – well – conventional. Politicians make promises that they have no intention of keeping, and do so with earnest smiles; even… Full Transcript

The Massacre in Marikina, South Africa, of striking mine workers has caused dismay and disbelief the world over. Thirty four miners were slaughtered, and 78 others wounded by a hail of police gunfire. How could… Full Transcript

The name, Attica, has entered the lexicon of American culture, driven, in part, by the cinema performance in “Dog Day Afternoon”, when actor Al Pacino raised his fist and exclaimed, “Attica! Attica!” Viewers immediately got… Full Transcript

Unless one is Jamaican, or raised in a household suffused with Black consciousness, it is unlikely that the name Marcus Garvey is familiar to you. There was a time, during the first quarter of the… Full Transcript

Several months ago, a movie was released; a science-fiction flick featuring a superhuman, fighting nasty aliens on a forbidding planet somewhere in the cosmos. As a sci-fi fan I confess interest, but I never heard… Full Transcript