For those lucky enough to be at Thursday night's Obama benefit at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, the combination of John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, India Arie, and Billy Joel magically gelling into an instant super group in front of our eyes was unforgettable. The interaction among the artists was superb, the...

My fundamental belief about the current election is that change in the White House is so important, that once again we should support the Democratic nominee, no matter how egregiously he or she imitates the people that they are hoping to replace. Hillary Clinton's recent campaign approach has put my...

The movement to legitimize casual racism in the media continues unabated in the aftermath of the Don Imus episode. Naturally, Fox is leading the way. In the space of a few days, the following statements were made on the network:

1. Bill O'Reilly: "[The Immigration Bill] would lead to, in...

A lot of the continuing discussion of our "coarse culture" is revolving around a basic inability to call things by by their rightful name. Many have criticized Imus for being offensive, insulting, over the top, and the like. But the word that so many find hard to use is "racist."...

The Imus controversy is obviously a surrogate for the current discussion of race. In essence, in America the accusation that someone is playing the "race card" is taken much more seriously than any charge of "racism" itself. Racism is considered in some quarters as the bogus slogan of so called...