1. In Michael Moore's documentary, Sicko, he showed the story of an employee of the largest HMO in the country, Kaiser Permanente. Her name is Donnell Keys and she was fully insured by Kaiser. However, when her 18-month-old daughter drew a temperature of 104, and she took her to the...

1. How can David Harold serve one year in prison for raping and sodomizing a four-year-old girl but Michael Vick serve nearly two years for dog fighting? Is the life of an animal worth more than the life of a human being? Let alone a child?

2. Why do Republicans...

By now everyone has heard of the incident that occurred with Professor Henry Louis Gates and officer James Crowley of the Cambridge Police department. Just to recap, a woman calls the police to inform them that two black men are breaking into a house. The police end up arresting a...

Let me say first that I am a big fan of yours. The way that you point out the faults of both the republicans and the democrats is absolutely brilliant. I believe your talent along with the likes of Jon Stewart as well as Steve Colbert is very much needed...

I was pleasantly surprised to hear Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama Sunday on Meet the Press. He fervently delivered his well thought out reasons behind his endorsements. He answered the questions that will definitely arise in the wake of his choice such as if this is nothing more than...

At the recent CNN/You tube Republican debate, a question came from Tyler Overman: "Hi. This is Tyler Overman from Memphis, Tennessee. And I have a quick question for those of you who would call yourselves Christian conservatives. The death penalty, what would Jesus do?"

Governor Huckabee's answer was the perfect...

Barack Obama has been bombarded with a list of complaints in regards to the way he has been conducting his campaign. These criticisms have been mounting for some time, and seem to be growing more and more as we near the primary elections.

Robert Guttman, the director of the Center...

I have to say that I was absolutely shocked and quite disgusted when I read Giuliani's statement comparing the time he spent for photo opportunities during 9/11 to the work of the firefighters. He was quoted as saying, "I was there working with them. I was exposed to exactly...

I was recently a part of a wonderful experience. Myself, along with Ron Artest of the Sacramento Kings, Theo Ratliff of the Boston Celtics, and Maurice Evans of the Los Angeles Lakers, had the privilege taking a journey to Kenya with the National Basketball Players' Association. The main purpose of...

I have heard discussions regarding the cable show about Internet predators and how they catch them soliciting young children but had never seen it. That is until last week. Chris Hanson, who I salute for all of his work in exposing what has become an epidemic, sets up decoys...

Earlier this week, i had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion moderated by Spike Lee. The panel included Algee Crumpler of the Atlanta Falcons, Jim Brown, Stephen A. Smith, Coach Vivian Stringer, William Rhoden, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Whitlock, and Claire Smith of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It was an...

So, that's what he thinks of our women. Reduced to terms and phrases uprooted from slavery. For him to refer to the women of the Rutgers basketball team as "nappy headed hoes" is not only ignorant, but shows his connection to the centuries of racism and sexism that have been...

About two weeks ago I along with five of my teammates each adopted a less fortunate family for Christmas. We provided them with gifts, actual Christmas trees, groceries, whatever they needed in order to make their Christmas special. We boarded the bus and visited each family together. We shared hugs...

After reading some of the responses to my article "Apology Not Accepted", I felt compelled to write on a broader topic. But before I get into that, there are a few responses I would like to address. First, the two recipients of Richards' verbal attack retaining of council...

A few weeks ago, Washington Times columnist Tom Knott attacked me in his newspaper (Washington Times Sept 4, 2006 "Injustice? Look at your contract, Etan"). Unfortunately, Knott didn't have the decency to discuss my views with me before publishing his article.

That Knott didn't speak to me about...

Mark Breslin, the Canadian comic behind the country's chain of Yuk Yuk's comedy club and himself a longtime comedian said, "I don't think he's a racist. I think someone heckled him and he thought to himself how can I really hurt this person. He made a bad choice." A...