Opinion
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The Conscience of Conservative Blacks: Turning Ideas into Action
Opinion -Too often, good ideas are found or proposed at a conference, but they do not go anywhere. There are good speeches, great sermons, and wonderful food and camaraderie, and people are all hooped up--but only for a day or two. -
The Conscience of Conservative Blacks: African-Americans: The New Frontier
Opinion -Thank you so much. This morning I am very glad to be here. My son, Elroy Jr., who is here today, is also a graduate of Chicago State University. By the way, you notice the accent? -
The Conscience of Conservative Blacks: Foreword
Opinion -Each year, The Heritage Foundation Resource Bank provides the opportunity for hundreds of think tank executives, policy experts, elected officials, activists, and others to come together and discuss ways to advance the conservative principles of free -
The Consc ience of Conservative Blacks: Buying In with Vigilance
Opinion -I would like to thank Lee Walker and The New Coalition for having me here today. -
The Conscience of Conservative Blacks: Epilogue
Opinion -The presentations by Bruce Montgomery, Dr. Hardy Murphy, Rev. Ceasar LeFlore, and Dr. Elroy Leach demonstrate a new level of awareness among black Americans of conservative and libertarian ideas and sophistication about how to address them. -
Will The NAACP Revamp?
Opinion -Kweisi Mfume, the president of the NAACP for nearly nine years, unexpectedly announced that he is leaving the organization on January 1, 2005. In some sense, his departure represents the last of the old-guard civil rights leadership fading away. -
Politically, It’s Time for the Next Level
Opinion -The presidential election is finally over and the Republicans have won the White House, including the popular and the electoral vote, increasing their numbers in both houses of Congress. Republicans are happy. -
When Black & White Make Green – A Process That Works
Opinion -Melvin J. Gravely's latest book, When Black & White make Green, is written as a challenging and inspirational discussion between Black and white business folks in a last minute rush to keep their city from turning into "riot city" on national television. -
How Blacks Should Vote
Opinion -I recently read a column titled "How Jews should vote?" and in this very partisan year, before my eyes could blink, the word Jews turned into the word Blacks. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-8
Opinion -Your Product Is Defective--Please Send More A judge in Okaloosa County, Florida, recently ruled Ford Motor Co. -
New Coalition President Lee Walker Joins Editorial Board of Chicago Defender
Opinion -(Chicago, IL) Lee Walker, president of The New Coalition for Economic & Social Change, has been named a contributing editor of the Chicago Defender, the country’s only black daily newspaper. -
Class-Action Reform Stalls in Senate
Opinion -Class-action lawsuit reform designed to discourage venue-shopping and to assure that plaintiffs rather than trial attorneys are the main beneficiaries of successful suits died in the U.S. Senate on July 7. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-7
Opinion -Jury Ignores Science Panel In Maine Trial A Maine jury awarded a South Portland man $3 million after finding an anesthesiologist had damaged the man’s back during a diagnostic exam six years ago. -
Attorneys General Global Warming Lawsuit: A Desperation Ploy
Opinion -Chicago--July 22, 2004: Yesterday, the debate over climate change reached a new low as attorneys general in eight states--all Democrats but one--and the corporation counsel for New York City sued five electric utilities for their alleged role in causing -
Blacks, Republicans, and Ronald Reagan
Opinion -Many blacks in leadership positions have been either silent during the week of mourning for the death of President Ronald Reagan or bitter in their criticism of the man. A commentary posted on BET. -
Bill Cosby Is Truly Free
Opinion -There have been mixed reactions to the few minutes of old-fashioned common sense spoken by Bill Cosby as he was being honored at the NAACP’s black-tie event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. -
Statement on the 40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
Opinion -Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, a fantastic piece of legislation that ended segregation of public facilities and outlawed discrimination in hiring. -
Three Cheers for Beer!
Opinion -Tolar, Texas just came off a very long dry spell in February, when voters approved the sale of off-premises beer and wine for the first time since the 1920s. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-6
Opinion -Loony Warning Label of the Month On a bottle of drain cleaner: "If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-5
Opinion -One Small Step for Common Sense The Ohio legislature became the first legislative body in the United States to pass a law requiring a person to be actually sick before he or she can file a claim based on past exposure to asbestos or silica. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-4
Opinion -Another Billion-Dollar Mistake A Beaumont, Texas jury awarded more than $1 billion to the family of a woman who died from a lung disease it claimed she contracted after taking the diet drug Pondimium, part of the fen-phen combination removed from the -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-3
Opinion -Lottery Lunacy For years a Cleveland man purchased between 40 and 55 lottery tickets four times a week at the same convenience store trying to win the Ohio Buckeye Five lottery. He played the same five numbers on each and every ticket he bought. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-2
Opinion -“Binding Arbitration” Brings Down Soft-Core Film-Maker The female star of such cinematic bondage masterpieces as “Asses in the Air” successfully sued her employer, Slave Labor Productions, for injuries she suffered while bound and hanging from ropes -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-1
Opinion -Goody, Now I Can Go Buy a Stick of Gum Citibank recently settled a class-action lawsuit dealing with the manner in which the company assessed late fees on its credit cards.