Category Archives: Media

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Shirley Sherrod Case as Another Black Eye for the Obama Administration

Posted on July 21, 2010 by kronos

You’ve probably heard by now how Ms. Shirley Sherrod was rail-roaded out of her position as Director of Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture by an Obama administration that is gradually abandoning all pretense of working for “change”. … Continue reading →

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Campbell Brown's Righteous Indignation….

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

or A Case of Serious Logic Problems. For the past couple of weeks, watchers of CNN have been bombarded with serious doses of misguided commentaries by Campbell Brown and her self-styled “No Bias, No Bull” segments which are probably the … Continue reading →

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The Cowardice of the American Media

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

In the most profound show of lilly-livered, wimpy and cowardly display of journalistic ethos, the American media brazenly towed the official line of right-wing ideologues in suppressing the most powerful aspect of General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Senator Barack Obama’s … Continue reading →

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I know how to win wars!

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

“I know how to win wars! I know how to win wars!” “And if I’m elected President, I will turn around the war in Afghanistan, just as we have turned around the war in Iraq, with a comprehensive strategy for … Continue reading →

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Political polls and the Race question

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Daniel Ihonvbere

One thing that has become a constant in this political cycle is the barage of polls to which all of us have been subjected. While these are not necessarily bad, the nature of the recent polling procedure inevitably leads one … Continue reading →

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