reparations
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Law and Government
Biden’s ancestors owned slaves — should he pay reparations?
In February, Barack Obama said that reparations were ‘justified,’ because ‘the wealth of this country, the power of this country…
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Politics
How to get the Taliban to play nice? Pay them reparations
While Harf's ‘jobs for jihadists program’ never took off, an activist group in the UK that calls itself the Stop…
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Politics
U.S.’s first black billionaire calls for $14T in reparations — and wants his own check, too
'Reparations had two components: The first was atonement, and the other was monetary. With no doubt whatsoever, it was supposed…
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Law and Government
Reparations expand to more groups; cost likely to exceed $12 trillion
Obama recently said that reparations were "justified," because "the wealth of this country, the power of this country was built…
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Politics
Obama backs reparations: Says country ‘built on the backs of slaves’
Reparations, which reemerged as a hot topic after last summer's race riots, has been defined by realists as "treasure paid…
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Law and Government
Reports: ‘March for Reparations’ in D.C. on Jan. 20; authorities eye ‘armed protests’ as well
Things that make you go, Hmm.
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Economy
Rapper endorses Trump due to Biden tax hike proposals
Rapper and businessman foresees a bleak economic future with Biden's tax-and-spend plan.
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Economy
National debt skyrocketing, CBO says
'Interest rates will inevitably rise at some point, and the additional interest cost will have to be covered by either…
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Law and Government
‘Give us our sh*t’: Demonstrators in Rochester call for reparations
Civil unrest in Rochester began after a video surfaced showing the March death of Daniel Prude, a black man who died…
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Law and Government
California moves toward reparations
For California to give reparations to black people for slavery would be an unconstitutional racial preference. A state is sometimes…
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Law and Government
Seattle BLMers demand white people clear out, give their homes to black people
Give up your house. Give black people back their homes. You’re sitting there comfortably — comfortable as f*ck as if…
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Politics
The progressive media mislabel Kamala Harris
The media don't just depict progressives as moderates. They also sometimes depict centrist politicians as ‘conservative’ when they run against…
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Politics
An ironic choice for Vice President
Lacks broad appeal, and believes the worst about the presidential candidate?
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Economy
U.S. warned about skyrocketing debt by credit-rating authority
Biden's proposed tax increases are far more than twice the size of the $1.4 trillion in tax increases Hillary Clinton…
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Sports and Culture
Nat’l Museum of African American History & Culture’s 10 warning signs of whiteness
In recent weeks, a message parallel to 'black lives matter' has been broadcast, if indirectly, by the mainstream media and…
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Social Issues
Ocasio-Cortez claims COVID deaths spiking among minorities: Is it true?
That took her longer than usual. She must be slipping. The coronavirus pandemic has been in the headlines for a…
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Law and Government
Legal pitfalls in reparations
Individual instances of racism in Evanston today can’t justify reparations for blacks as a group. The proper response to a…
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Politics
Buttigieg’s latest: Reparations for (wait for it!) illegal aliens
Ordinarily, a number that high for a proposal that outrageous would have had a bigger impact — it would certainly…
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Law and Government
Pot sales to fund reparations in Illinois city
All the drawbacks of violating the Constitution, with no net benefits.
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Politics
Biden thinks most American households still have ‘record players’?
At last night’s debate, Biden provided his most vivid demonstration to date of how utterly and totally out-of-touch he is.…
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Politics
Marianne Williamson now wants to spend half a trillion on reparations
Williamson explained bate that reparations were a debt owed to descendants of slavery because, even though slavery was abolished, America…
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Politics
‘Orb queen’ Marianne Williamson wants to pay for reparations by repealing Trump tax cuts
I referred to Marianne Williamson in the title of this post as ‘orb queen’ because that's how a column in…
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Politics
Beto O’Rourke: My ancestors were slave owners — yippee!
For most politicians and especially those with their sites set on the highest office in the land, news of being…
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Politics
Say it ain’t so! Kamala Harris’s ancestors owned slaves … according to her father
'I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago, when none of us currently living are responsible, is…
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Law and Government
Tlaib, constituents want to see ‘direct payment’ of slavery reparations
Show her the money.
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Politics
Black professor: ‘Seeing homeless white people makes me happy’
Nope, Beto for once is right. Before even a syllable is expended on another conversation about black reparations, some guidelines…
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Politics
Sanders proposes forgiving entire $1.6 trillion in U.S. student loan debt
Herbert Hoover's pledge during the presidential campaign of 1928 to put ‘a chicken in every pot’ is beginning to look…
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Politics
Dems claim to champion fairness and equality. When will they start proving it?
Democrats would have you believe that they have cornered the market on such virtues as fairness and equality. But when…
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Politics
Democratic presidential hopefuls court Al Sharpton in spite of his checkered past
Reparations, if you think about it, is a demand for payment from people who never owned slaves by people who never…
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Politics
Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren walks back support for reparations
Her on-again, off-again stance on reparations may not play that well with black voters, who, as the New York Times…
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Politics
Leading Democrats endorse reparations, which could cost trillions
If a liberal politician gets elected president in 2020 and appoints more liberal justices to the Supreme Court, the Supreme…
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