Keeping Up with the Jones
Black professors respond to speech
Dear Readers: This month’s column is based on an open letter sent to President Barack Obama by six African-American professors (including myself) immediately following Obama’s commen
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Charles Ramsey saves kidnapped women and pays for it
For the two people out there unfamiliar with the story of Charles Ramsey — he is the man credited with coming to the aid of kidnap victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight in Cl
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Remembering history
Sen. Rand Paul is seemingly on a mission to tie black folks back to their past and the Republican Party.
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Ashley Judd ‘doesn’t fit the damn state’
After all the talk, the champ is standing in the ring waiting and some of his opponents are starting to doubt whether he can really be knocked out.
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Top 10 Black Heroes and Villains
From never-ending political wrangling to murder, there’s enough serious stuff going on. I say let’s take a break from it, relax and have some fun for a change.
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Saying goodbye to Blaine Hudson
By now, most of you know Dr. J. Blaine Hudson passed away earlier this month. Along with multitudes of others, his death has saddened me beyond measure.
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The secession of Louisville
Holy secession, Batman! Apparently, the U.S. is going to lose a few states — at least that’s what some Southerners would like to see.
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Ten years of troublemaking with The Jones
"Think, and most about that which is most important: all the fools get lost because they do not think: they never see the half of things, and knowing neither their loss, nor their profit,
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The truth about obstructionism
Less than two years into his presidency, a memo from a Democratic party official warned the president that he should be prepared to deal with daunting Republican opposition after they gained contro
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Election 2012 is (a little) different
This is the first of two columns on Election 2012. Given my love of politics, you knew I couldn’t do just one.
