Perspectives
Is oil behind indictment of Sudanese president?
(FinalCall.com) - The Bush administration is pushing the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, president of the Sudan. No other government in the world is charging Sudan with genocide except the American government under President Bush. If anyone should be charged with a campaign of terror and genocide it should be President...
An assault on the Black community
Coming to a city near you - An assault on the Black community The article “Black Neighborhoods on Lockdown”(FCN Vol. 27 No.38 June 25, 2008) addressed the District of Columbia officials’ assault on the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington, D.C. That assault in Washington, D.C. represents the tip of the iceberg. It is a launching pad for America’s planned assault...
I Understand Michelle Obama’s Comment
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Michelle Obama has all of a sudden become the center of attention in the election because she is perceived by GOP candidate John McCain’s people to have made Barack Obama, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, vulnerable to an attack on his loyalty to the country. And as silly as it is, why would someone running for...
Victimizing Black women demonizing Black men
Are Senator Barack Obama’s assertions about irresponsible Black men the result of unresolved issues he has with his own father? As a psychologist I must question Sen. Obama’s perceptions as well as the general perceptions we have about Black men and their relationships to their children. Barack’s Kenyan father won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya to...
A swift kick in the bread basket
“And (make him) a messenger to the Children of Israel (saying): I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine out of dust the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with Allah’s permission, and I heal the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead...
Black versus Brown immigration
Intolerant of immigrants in their industrialized country, waves of Black South Africans participated in Black-on-Black mayhem that shocked the world. In these attacks, foreigners, particularly Africans, have been thrown from trains, killed, harassed, assaulted, chased from their homes and had their businesses ransacked, looted and burned. America’s immigration issue could endure similar fanaticism if conservative commentators whip up enough...
Obama’s Democratic Party?
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- FCN Editorial - Is America’s attitude changing? (FCN, 01-14-2008) With Barack Obama about to foreclose on the Democratic nomination for president, he will also end 16 years of Clinton leadership of the Democratic Party, and should he go on to win the White House, Obama will strengthen that control. The nomination struggle has partially been about...
What Does Sen. Hillary Clinton Want?
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Is Clinton setting Obama up to lose general election? (FCN, 04-25-2008) I remember that question, “What does Jesse Want?” asked of Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. by the media when he had been defeated badly in the New York Primary in his 1984 campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. We had to sit down one day...
Why Blue Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Election pundits have repeatedly asked why Barack Obama has trouble attracting blue collar Whites as if he created the problem and could solve it. Hillary is seldom asked why Blacks don’t vote for her, a problem she could solve. But it is interesting why blue collar Whites consistently vote against themselves, supporting Republicans who care...
Is Alicia Keys In Tune With The Conspiracy?
Alicia Keys recently alluded to the government’s involvement in “Gangster Rap” and the deaths of Biggie and Tupac. Some so-called Black people started talking about how ridiculous it was for Alicia Keys to be thinking. “She needs to shut up and just sing and play the piano.” No, what needs to happen is you need to “open up”...