Today, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis signed “partnership” agreements with representatives from Latin American countries in order to “protect the labor rights” of workers, both legal and illegal.  Says Solis, “No matter how you got here or how long you plan to stay, you have certain rights. You have the right to be safe and [...]

It’s happened to almost everybody. You’ve been at some kind of social event or party, and have overindulged in alcoholic beverages. Maybe it wasn’t coming out of your pores, as was normal with good old Ted Kennedy. But its presence was all too noticeable. While the immediate effects might have been bad enough, the best [...]

This morning I spent a little quality time over at the Media Matters for America, otherwise known as “All Fox News, All the Time”.  You may also know it as the “Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck” site.  I don’t head over there too often.  If I want to know what Fox News is doing [...]

Well I see you’re at it again.  It wasn’t good enough for you to insult the intelligence of Black Americans by suggesting that those of us who hold conservative values are brainwashed.  It wasn’t enough for you to degrade our cognitive abilities by accusing SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Clarence Thomas of suffering from Stockholm Syndrome because [...]

      Imagine this.  Your spouse comes home after losing money at the casino and says, “Honey, I only lost $900 of the mortgage money.  It could have been worse had I not played the last two slot machines to gain a little back.” -Or imagine this- An overweight kid returns home for the [...]

A couple of weeks ago as my husband and I were leaving church we were stopped by our pastor, who asked us if we had seen the guest pastor from the previous week.  We hadn’t. “Oh, that’s a shame” he said, “He was Black and I wanted to know what you guys thought”. While the [...]

With the current state of displeasure among the Latino community, you would think that their civil liberties were in total jeopardy. But this seems very unwarranted to me. Has it ever occurred to anyone just how much better this country accommodates other nationalities and cultures than natural-born Americans? When I call in to a customer [...]

This week I was accused -by someone I thought was a friend – of being the type of Black person who would follow a Tea Party leader all the way back to the plantation.  The statement was so cruel, untruthful and ignorant I just left it there.  I wanted to explain that as a Black [...]

My four-year-old daughter loves these gummy vitamins we get at Costco.  They come in a huge jar with multiple colors.  She loves the red ones.  She begs me to pick a red one every morning.  But being a practical mother, I’m not about to go rooting around in a jar of vitamins just so my [...]

Stephen Hayes at THE WEEKLY STANDARD is reporting that Congressman Paul Ryan may be re-considering a run for the White House.  Speculation has been circulating about the Congressman’s political future ever since he released his widely hailed Federal Budget plan last spring.  Ryan has repeatedly denied intentions for a Presidential run, citing his young family [...]