The Disaster As Myth and The Disaster Of Myth
Hurricane Sandy is no longer a merely natural event. An apotheosis, a transfiguration has occurred. Months after the storm ravaged the east coast of the United States in late October 2012, the event...
View ArticleBleeding Heart Pork Barreling
He’s done it. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has forced my hand. By speaking out so prolifically against the sequestration cuts, he has forced me to actually discuss his recent actions in light of this...
View ArticleGaining Power From The Most Vulnerable
Freshman Congressman and member of the House Budget Committee Hakeem Jeffries has been dueling with posterboy of fiscal conservatism and Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Paul Ryan. The flame...
View ArticleComing To America
This Tuesday at Howard University, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries along with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus will meet to hold a forum on “the impact of Immigration Reform in Black America.”...
View ArticleFiending For A Line Of Pork
Last month, Representative Hakeem Jeffries came out in favor of re-activating a part of the Long Island Rail Road, which has been defunct since 1962, and has requested federal funding in order to go...
View ArticleMurder, Murder, Murder, Kill, Kill, Kill…
Though the much-hyped bill on background checks recently fell apart, our dear Rep. Hakeem Jeffries still has plenty of reason to think about guns and violence. Rep. Jeffries, while recently...
View ArticleWho Is Hakeem Jeffries?
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was sworn into office on January 3, 2013, and since then, he has been extremely busy attending to the People’s business. “There’s a hip hop song [called] “Everyday I’m...
View ArticleThe Unfolding Of The Jeffries’ Spirit
Representative Hakeem Jeffries spoke to the Wall Street Journal recently about the influence his uncle Dr. Leonard Jeffries had on him. And the contrast between these two family members and their...
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View ArticleVisions On The Road To Damascus: Thoughts On Religion And Syria
Religion poisons everything. That’s what the late and dearly-missed Christopher Hitchens taught me. And the current situation in Syria is no exception. But though his perspective on religion helps...
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