BC Wisdom

Greetings and salutations! Ted Hayes, a dreadlocked, “rasta” Republican says the 35 men, women, and children living in the homeless shelter he founded will be kicked out because of his political affiliation. After he spoke at a Republican Women’s Club, his liberal landlord (white?) decided to exercise his property right and raise the building’s rent [...]

This afternoon I’m attending a conference called Reclaiming Our Destiny: The New Black Vanguard Conference II at the Heritage Foundation. I didn’t attend the first conference last year, probably because I wasn’t able to take the afternoon off from work. A panel of black conservatives, moderated by Jesse L. Peterson of Brotherhood of a New [...]

As you may know, John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony magazine, died last week. Columnist Leonard Pitts “goes there” by asking and answering the question, “Why is there an Ebony? He writes: Black life, black striving and black aspiration were conspicuous by their absence from the nation’s newspapers and magazines. As far as mainstream media [...]

From Star Parker’s latest column in the Naples Daily News (reg. req. — To bypass, use BugMeNot): No one can devise a formula for getting rich. But I can devise a formula for getting poor. Don’t work. Convince yourself that your life reflects the decisions of others and not yours. Be the perennial victim. This [...]

Fellow conservative Mychal Massie and I agree on many things, including a distaste for Republicans “courting the black vote.” If you think I’m hard-hitting, check out his latest column : The guarantee of opportunity must be understood in context. It is not the guarantee of success, but rather the guarantee of opportunity to succeed as [...]