International

  • Now in the Business of Terror

    That a Nigerian attempted to blast 300 passengers aboard an intercontinental airliner out of the sky should not be a surprise.  That Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab, the alleged terrorist in question, is a Muslim – should also not be a surprise.  But before you stop reading this or ask for my head in disgust, maybe

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  • Christmas in the Hood

    About this time last year, I wrote a lengthy and searing piece: Searching for Black Jesus.  The air, like now, was choked with holiday festivities and tidings; but it also had all the emotions that came with a black man being elected the leader of the heftiest empire on earth. I have always loved the

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