Rep. Major R. Owens

Has the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) been silent for the last three years? Or has the lazy mainstream media overlooked a strong Black Congressional voice? Recent rumblings in town hall meetings indicated rising furious demands for accountability from the CBC.
Thanks to speaker Nancy Pelosi's wisdom the CBC...

The good people of Chicago deserve a report card review before plunging into an election dominated by Rahm Emanuel. To what degree is President Obama's chief of staff responsible for the political panic tsunami that swept across the nation on November 2nd?
Is Rahm responsible for the fact that...

The totally unforgivable sin of Joan of Arc was that she beat the mighty English in a battle. She had to be a witch. They burned her at the stake but history has lifted Joan to the exalted position of saint.

When the present national panic subsides Nancy Pelosi...

A job may be broadly defined as any activity which one is paid to perform. If an employer is a taxpayer supported entity certainly we must insist that such activities be worthwhile, productive, and in some way must contribute to the common good. Since we are constantly surrounded with important...

The Savings and Loan debacle was a mere trial run

The poor are once more the targets of rabid demonization: "Sub-Prime mortgages have caused the current collapse of the Western economic infrastructure." Failure to repay mortgages on small homes sold to working class families is being blamed for the loss...

As I predicted in my December 7, '07 Huffington blog the plot to bail out the greedy mortgage banks was in the legal racketeering incubator. It has now come to pass. The high finance schemers are now demanding an escalation beyond the 30 billion dollars doled out for Bear...

Ending combat in Iraq is only step one.

The newly elected President of the United States must deliver for restless young voters by launching a "Peace Surge" in his first 100 days. There is no need to force the youth of America to wait for visible change. Structures are...

We can do it! Change can happen if Congress does not ambush the movement. First, we must secure some strong leashes to hold back the Blue Dogs. They have just commandeered a five-year authorization for a $307 billion farm subsidy bill.

While the nation was appropriately preoccupied with the...

The recent bombshell exposure of Governor Eliott Spitzer has shocked even the most sophisticated and cynical among us. But sometime ago, while reading reports of the investigations of the systemic abuse of young boys by clergymen, observing those cases where the powers of sex invaded the ranks of the high...

In this year of frantic politics it is appropriate that we pause to remember the rewards we enjoy when we fight to create a better world. Let's celebrate Valentine's Day.

Excerpts From The Play: The Viagra Monologues (by Major R. Owens):

Voice 1:

At the Olympics...

They have nothing to fear but their own timidity. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who now enjoy unprecedented positions of power in the democratically-controlled Congress will suffer no losses regardless of the presidential candidate they choose to support.

Worries about revenge and reprisals should be locked...

Victim abuse by outsiders is not the cause of Hillary's weeping. The primary reason for great lamenting is the fact that Senator Clinton is a captive of her own Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).

Women are not always the automatic underdogs. Eve played an equal opportunity role in the...

It is clear that some shocking truths have been exposed by the introduction of transparency into the earmarking appropriations process. Following the Party's usual pattern of taking Blacks for granted, House Democrats treat Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members like orphans. A few favored ones are allowed to feast at the...

The movie Charlie Wilson's War is good light hearted entertainment which can also trigger a serious discussion about a pivotal and painful event in recent history. It is based on a book which records the true story, a sober, almost unbelievable account of one man's power to earmark billions of...

Congresswoman Julia Carson's (Dem-Indiana) recent death is the second unfortunate loss experienced by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) during this 110th Congress. Congresswoman Juanita Millender McDonald (Dem-California), who also was a victim of cancer, passed earlier this year and has been replaced by Congresswoman Linda Richardson (Dem-California). Among the many...

Earmarks can be good for democracy. This is the first lesson we must not forget. But our second lesson must focus on the need to check routine abuses.

Instead of spending 41 billion dollars for obscure pet projects, a 'Constituent Choice" earmarking program spending only ten dollars per...

Specifically targeted allocations of public dollars in New York State are called "member items." In New Jersey they are called "Christmas tree items." Throughout the nation many labels are assigned and often the packages are left nameless in order to mask their existence. But these jewels in beef or pork...

Taxpayers beware! A bi-partisan plot to bail out the mortgage greedy banks is in the legal racketeering incubator. Remember the rescue of the Savings and Loans Bank swindles that has already cost the U.S. Treasury more than a trillion dollars. (Try to get an exact figure and you'll be...

The Sunday, November 25th Washington Post editorial poses a vital question for taxpayers: "Is limiting federal subsidies to farmers with incomes over $750,000 dollars unreasonable?" It is a commentary on the latest farm subsidy and loans proposed legislative raid on the treasury. The well-targeted editorial argument ends with...

We all love dogs. But Atlanta Falcon Quarterback Michael Vick is the recipient of a bloated share of pundit indignation and is wolfing down more than the fifteen minutes of media infamy that he deserves.

Who let the most heartless dogs out?

Which dogs should we growl most...