Category Archives: Columns

Last week I had a very long conversation with a major political operative about whether there was a role for Blacks in the Republican Party, on congressional staffs, on campaign staffs, or the various presidential campaigns. The simple response is that the Republican Party is racist; they don’t care about Blacks; and they don’t think…

This past weekend I had the chance to be part of a historic event in Washington, DC. Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF) hosted their fourth annual Black Republican Trailblazer Awards Luncheon at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel.  We had a packed house for both the Saturday evening VIP reception with the honorees, as well…

Alright, alright; enough about my column from last week where I called out several RNC staffers by name because of their total disloyalty and disrespect towards me.  No more jokes about me being introverted and never speaking my mind. I will admit last week’s column was very pointed and blunt—by design. I came into the…

Once again the Republican National Committee (RNC) has demonstrated why they can’t get more Blacks involved in the party. In all fairness, party chairman, Reince Priebus has tried to do the right thing, but his staff has been a total disaster with executing his vision. Four years ago I created the inaugural Black Republican Trailblazer…

Last week I was reflecting on how to better help the Republican Party get more Blacks engaged in the party and ended up taking a mental stroll down memory lane. In my freshman year in college at Oral Roberts University, my freshman textbook for my English class was Language in Thought and Action. The author…

The year 2015 brought tectonic changes in several areas of our lives that the media has totally ignored or under-reported. Too often media, both left and right, only talk to people who view the world from the same prism as they do. The same argument can be made about the political establishment from both parties.…