Perspectives
America Needs Barack Obama Now
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Previous perspectives by Dr. Ron Walters This is not an endorsement, it is an analysis. At the end of the...
The 2008 Election: Historic, Whether Obama Wins or Loses
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- We may be about to witness what political scientists call a “critical election” which promotes a realignment of American politics–in...
The Psychology of Deception (Pt.2)
America is a capitalistic country, hence all of the political and social issues trace back to “profits for the power brokers.” There are...
Obama and the funding of Black community turnout
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- While all of us are understandably proud of the showing that Barack Obama is making this presidential election, I continue...
The Psychology of Deception
Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska Governor Sara Palin as his Republican running mate may have more to do with Alaska than Governor...
Language, Thinking and Culture
A Perceptual Transition for Black People While visiting in Accra, Ghana, I was listening to locally televised community dialogue that was strangely similar to...
The Death of Black Politics? Hardly!
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- When I read Matt Bai’s piece in the New York Times with the title above, I thought that he was...
Race: A double-dutch problem for Obama
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- I was asked by a reporter at one point during the primary elections whether the issue of race would continue...
Time to end GOP follies?
Historically, Republican political philosophy and African American advancement have been in accord. Why not now? Foundered in the 1850s by industrial and anti-slavery activists,...
Both Personal and Collective Responsibility
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Lou Dobbs of CNN prodded his panel the other night to explain what was underneath the awful image of castration...