Fred and The Advocate, revisited

I need to put one thing in perspective.  I’ve been thinking about this episode and asking people what they thought of The Advocate’s cover.  It has been a mixed reaction.  Lately, I’ve been through a lot in dealing with racism with my family’s reaction to my cousin’s dual race baby.  It disgusts me.  It is [...]

It's Over

As I go to sleep this evening I have some final thoughts.  This long and grueling presidential campaign has taken a toll on this country.  I’m glad it’s over.  Even though I voted for a guy I didn’t like, his election means that our Supreme Court is saved for at least the next [...]

Other Priorities

This country has had some rather lame and shallow things on its mind for the last 18-24 months.  Most of the media has been engrossed in the 2008 Presidential Election.  Compared to the recent financial situation it now appears to be one large pissing contest between two large (or not so large) dicks.  How could [...]

Evaluating Art

I try to be all-inclusive, but we all know that that doesn’t always work.  I don’t discriminate against any sort of listeners to the podcast and welcome any and all criticism.  I am unfortunately not perfect.  No one is perfect.  In fact, I think that anyone who appears to be perfect is in major pain and has [...]

The Race of Politics

For the first time in American politics we have a woman and an African-American in the running.  It’s ugly out there and I’m not talking about attack ads.  I am talking about the racial divide.  No one last night on CNN had balls enough to answer the question posed by Lou Dobbs about race helping to [...]