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The Dark World Of Blackwater
As we approach the ninth year of Americas illegal wars overseas, more details are emerging about the crimes committed by the sinister American mercenary company, formerly known as Blackwater USA.
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A History of Diplomatic Rescues
In the art of war, diplomacy can be the most effective weapon. This week, former President Clinton was personally requested by North Koreas shady leader to secure the release of two Cali journalists who had been detained in the mysterious totalitarian state for five months.
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Obamas Drinking Game
President Obama hosts the unprecedented White House Beer Summit, with the hope that alcohol can disinfect any open political wounds still stinging from last weeks controversial arrest. This awkward political chess move is as genius as it is shallow - giving a whole new meaning to the term drinking games.
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A Brief Look At Wrongful Arrests
Its no secret that the land of the free also holds the title for land of the incarcerated. America tends to lock up its citizens as if its an Olympic sport, with the ever so competitive China, holding the silver medal. With 2.3 million Yankees behind bars thats one in every 100 Americans false imprisonment is bound to exist.
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Is Meghan McCain A Contender?
The GOPs desperate attempt to rebrand itself as youthful, modern and multicultural has produced some entertaining characters. After Team Maverick got bodied on Election Day, the right wings been scrambling for a new face. Well, Meghan Lil Maverick McCain is going hard for the crown.
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Michael Jacksons Greatest Political Hits
Michael Jackson was the most influential pop icon in modern history. So its no surprise that when he passed away last week, many political leaders from around the world delivered written condolences acknowledging his unparalleled impact.
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When Cheating Politicians Publicly Repent
Not long ago, I defended the ethical weakness of some lawmakers who deviate from their spouse. I argued that it was a personal matter; an expected side-effect of egotistical overachievers; a pimple on the face of otherwise unblemished leadership.
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When Politics Meets Reality TV
Ever since the JFK-Nixon debates of 1960, TV has been a profoundly influential platform for politicians to spit game to voters. The ascent of reality TV has only exacerbated this phenomenon. Whether its a senator guest appearing or a contestant eventually running for office, its clear that bureaucrats around the world are seeking constituents through this new-age media outlet.
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Remembering The Old John Brown
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the death of John Brown, the militant abolitionist from whom I take my stage name. Despite dramatic societal progression, its staggering how relatively recent it was in America where this magnitude of conflict was prevalent. To put it in perspective, my grandfather turns 100-years-old next weekend.
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Pandemics That Became Household Names
Every year, the media threatens mankind with extinction from a new exotic disease, forcing us to seek guidance from Sanjay Gupta. The fears are often exaggerated. But health officials would rather go to level red than possibly revisit a nightmare scenario of 1919 proportions, when an influenza pandemic killed 40-50 million people worldwide.
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5 Things Obama Accomplished In 100 Days
Its hard to believe its been well over 100 days since I was running around frigid D.C. getting my inauguration on. But so far it looks like many of the hyperbolized fears stirred up about Obama have been debunked and Mr. 44 has emerged as a fairly competent leader in tumultuous times.
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When Presidents Confront Hip-Hop
This past Sunday, President Obama gave a commencement speech at Notre Dame where he congratulated a championship outdoor basketball team called Hallelujah Holla Back - a Ghetto Revival catchphrase that I popularized on ego trips (White) Rapper Show. Pretty surreal.
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A Brief History Of Feral Children
This week, Siberian authorities discovered an abandoned 5 yearold girl who had been apparently raised by dogs and cats. Word. Dating back to ancient times, there have been hundreds of accounts of adolescents raised by animals, also known as feral children.
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Beauty Queens Gone Wild
As America deals with its lil economic instability its easy to forget that this is an international crisis. Nothing exemplifies this more than the increased drug related violence in Mexico, most remarkably highlighted by the recent arrest of Mexican Beauty Queen Laura Zuniga.
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The Epic FAIL That Is Bill OReilly
True story In 1994, I had dinner with Bill OReilly and his sleazy Inside Edition staff at a camp resort in Oregon. My father had won a bank-sponsored contest, resulting in a free white water rafting trip on Oregons Deschutes River. Guests at the lodge ate dinner together at a long wooden table, with OReilly inexplicably sitting at the head.
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CNNs Baddest Anchor Women
For my first blog as a Complex correspondent, I wanted to comment on CNNs slogan. The tag-line for the news supplier is The Place For Politics but to Ted Turners credit, its also the place for some bad bitches behind that Teleprompter.
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Ted Kennedys Proudest Moments
When Ted Kennedy passed away Wednesday morning at the age of 77, the American people lost one of its greatest proponents. With a Senate career spanning 46 years the 3rd longest run in U.S. History Kennedy was a master of bipartisan diplomacy and fought for liberal causes in the face of tremendous adversity. In short, he was that dude.
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