Mark Goldblatt
The War on Terror, as it is currently being waged, has produced the most ironic paradox in the history of warfare: ordinary Americans, who sponsor a military capable of incinerating every Muslim city, town and village in which terrorists operate,…
Predictably, the murder of New York City Councilman James Davis in City Hall last July by a deranged political rival has resulted in a spate of new gun control bills. The proposed laws would, among other things, compel rifle and…
The recall initiative in California, according to Governor Gray Davis, “is part of an ongoing national effort by Republicans to steal elections they cannot win.” Davis told supporters that the Republicans’ power grab started with their attempt to impeach President…
Snoop ‘n Fetchit has a cause. The one time pimp and all time gangsta rap icon–“Calvin Broadus” on his birth certificate, “Snoop” to his friends, “The Doggfather” to his fans, “Snoop Doggy Dogg” back in his hip hop heyday in…
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the University of Michigan Law School’s affirmative action admission policy — on the grounds that the public interest is served through the promotion of a racially diverse student body — is an act…
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is against the war with Iraq. I’m sure of this Because a poem of his is tacked up in the hall outside my office — By whom, I don’t know. The title is “Speak Out.” Still, I do…
Islamic Jihad, the radical Palestinian group, announced March 30th that it had dispatched an unspecified number of suicide bombers to Iraq to combat British and American forces in the region and thus “fulfill the holy duty of defending Arab and…
To say that New York City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) is a disgrace to the institution in which he serves would be incorrect; after last week, the City Council can no longer be disgraced. Barron is a former Black Panther….
Two New York City firefighters and a New York City police officer who were fired after their participation in a racist spectacle in 1998 are suing to get their jobs back. It’s a disturbing case that tests the limits of…
It was an act of solidarity and defiance that seemed to make no sense: the Newark School Board last month voted unanimously to name Amiri Baraka as the district’s official poet laureate. The move coincides with the New Jersey legislature’s…
