That Was The Week That Was #2.

By: Skip MacLure (Diary)  |  August 14th at 12:05 PM  | 

This week, it seemed that most of America’s (and much of the world’s) press was covering the antics of an airline flight attendant as the main headline story. Not to feel left out, I thought I would mention it. That’s about as far as I’m going with it, a mere mention. There are probably hundreds of people every week that quit their jobs and walk | Read More »

The Business Of Being Black In Washington.

By: Skip MacLure (Diary)  |  August 3rd at 01:48 PM  | 

Charlie Rangel has been in the US Congress for 39 years. Maxine Waters has been there for 19 years. Clearly too long for both of them. It’s a fact that, for almost that long, being black and in government meant being bullet-proof and untouchable. One notable exception would be former Congressman William Jefferson, who is cooling his heels in the federal penitentiary for bribery and | Read More »