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Cedric McClester has a Masters of Science in Education from Fordham University and is a noted journalist/ writer. The Legend of Nia Umoja is his second book on the Gumbs & Thomas imprint. His first book, "Kwanzaa, Everything You Always Wanted To Know, But

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Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Why Bush should be impeached: Adding up the costs in Iraq: 13 of 54
Because That's Where The Oil Is Let's start by destroying the big lie. We are not, fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them here, to paraphrase the President. We are fighting them over there so that a select few can become wealthier than they already are. We're fighting them over there because that's where th... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Is Bush a 'chickenhawk'?: 1 of 4

In the post Nine-Eleven America that we have allowed President George "Dubya" Bush and his neo-con acolytes to carve out for themselves, morality is just an empty word. Before George Bush America enjoyed the moral high ground, and served as an example for other nations to aspire to. Those Halcyon days are long gone. For the ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam Differentiating between Islam and terrorism: 16 of 60
"Allahu Akbar, God Is Great, And Probably Angry Too" I'm beginning to get ticked off at Muslims who give the phrase Allahu Akbar (God is Great, or God is Greater) a pejorative meaning. All too frequently these days we hear that expression preceding hateful speech or acts of unimaginable depravity. By now non-Muslims are begi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Homeland Security Appraising America's security in a post 9/11 era: 7 of 26

1955 I Is Really 1984 In Disguise House Resolution 1955, titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, is really writer George Orwell's 1984 brought to life, right down to "thought crimes." The book starts in the year 1984 set in Airstrip One, (England). Airstrip One itself is the mainland... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Should America attack Iran?: 18 of 65
Could Iran Be Next? Americans seem to be waiting with bated breath for the Petraeus Report. Nothing has been more anticipated since Moses went to the top of Mt. Sinai and came back with the Ten Commandments. However, the report that Army General David Petraeus brings back reads, nothing will change in Iraq, as long as George... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Continuing crises in the Middle East: Should the US and allies be involved?: 2 of 7
Did We Really Need Sanchez To Tell Us? Now it's Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez that's joining the litany of generals who have said the ill-conceived, poorly planned and disastrously executed war in Iraq is a lost cause. Sanchez rightly characterized the Bush administation's handling of the war as "incompetent" and "a nightmare wit... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Rudy Giuliani's foreign affairs positions: 3 of 10
Giuliani Is A Leopard Who Can't Change His Spots Just as I was beginning to fall for the hype, that Republican presidential contender, or pretender, (the choice is yours), is a changed man, he went and proved me wrong. He couldn't resist adopting his tough guy persona in a recent Republican presidential debate. All of his ri... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) Does hip hop contribute to violence in African Americans: 7 of 22
Free T I - Why? The new hip hop mantra seems to be free T I, the incarcerated rapper. My question is why? Gangster rapper Clifford Harris a/k/a T I a/k/a TIP a/k/a King of The South was recently busted on federal gun charges for buying several machine guns along with silencers and for having guns in his home. It was a coloss... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration You gotta respect the gangsta Bush: 1 of 3
Say what you will about George "Dubya" Bush, but to use street vernacular, ya gotta respect his gangsta. Despite all the heat he has taken for his grossly incompetent Attorney General, Alberto "Fredo" Gonzales, he has stood by his man. The Justice Department which Fredo heads, at Dubya's pleasure, is rapidly going to hell in... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Can we ever establish peace?: 23 of 68
6PEOPLE AND POLITI CS "Regime Change Is The Only Solution" . All rights reserved. Regime change is the only solution to the American dilemma in Iraq. It is becoming clearer by the day, we will never leave Iraq as long as George Bush is President. Highlighting this fact are the recent comments of Ryan Crocker, America's prese... More..