12 Articles

Friday, October 9, 2009
A Review of the Movie “Capitalism A Love Story” Is Michael Moore a Permanent (Anti-) Capitalist gadfly or Change Age
(4 comments) A review and commentary on Michael Moore's latest Movie "Capitalism: A Love Story."

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Obama and "Pre-Emptive Capitulation" as a Modality of Democratic Governance
(7 comments) This is a polemic against the "weak-kneed" approach to progressive policies by "team Obama." His approach of "preemptive capitulation" will not cut it.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Book Review of "The Arc of Justice" by Kevin Boyle
This is a review of Kevin Boyle's brilliant book about justice in 1925 Detroit called "The Arc of Justice" [Calhoun concludes with his opinion, "racial justice in America still boils down to little more than how to respond to the primal forces that lie in ... the still very much twisted racial American society, a society that is completely responsible for the "black man's existential dilemma."]

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Is Obama's Election as the First Black President Conclusive Evidence of the Civil Rights Movement's Success?
(10 comments) An Essay on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and what Obama can or cannot do to improve the lot of poor and Black Americans

Monday, February 23, 2009
Are We Really a Nation of Cowards on the Issue of Race?
(3 comments) An Essay on the Meaning of Eric Holder's Comment - That America is a nation of Cowards on the Issue of Race

Thursday, November 20, 2008
The Meaning of Barack Obama to America's Race Problem
(3 comments) An essay on the meaning of Obama's election on America's race problem with a warning that it means trouble for Obama as well as for the country if rising expectations are not met and exceeded.

Friday, November 14, 2008
The Racial Card Being Played from the Bottom of the Deck
An Essay on the meaning of Barack Obama's election and what it will, or will not do for race relations in America.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
A Re-Review of W.E.B. Du Bois' Souls of Black Folks
(1 comments) These essays, actually sketches and ruminations of DuBois', remain an enduring backdrop for the picture in which race in America is framed. At the end of each decade, they seem to continue emitting new pregnant meanings. It is worthwhile to review the book as well as those meanings.

Thursday, August 7, 2008
Bill I feel Your Pain: An Epiphany Triggered by Bill Clinton's Reaction to Obama
(8 comments) Bill Clinton's anger had being caught with his hands in the racist cookie jar was heartfelt and real. But what does it say about America?

Thursday, July 17, 2008
Flip-flopping on Obama
(4 comments) Commentary on Obama's move to the Center and his trashing of black people (Black men in particular) in doing so.

Friday, May 23, 2008
Did Slavery Ever Really End in the U.S.?
(13 comments) An essay on the meaning and long-term effects of slavery on U.S. society and humanity. This essay makes the clam that the psychological structure of slavery as well as its sensibilities remain very much intact because they were never completely dismantled.

Thursday, February 14, 2008
A Review of Shelby Steele's: A Bound Man
The final version of a review of Shelby Steele's book: A Bound Man, which is about Senator Barack Obama's chances for wining his quest for the presidency of the U.S.