The Conservative Sage

Right on schedule every few months or so there is a sex scandal involving a celebrity. Just three months ago we had the David Letterman revelations about sex with his staff members. Now to every one's shock Tigers Woods is the latest celeb who has been caught with his pants down. It seems as though everyday a new woman is being linked to Tiger's wood. Am I shocked that a handsome multi- millionaire superstar has a few honey's on the side? No. Am I condoning it? absolutely not. What I am most disturbed about is the media's never ending fascination with these kinds of stories and the phony women who think he's the worst guy on earth when many of them have fooled around with someones husband. Superstar celebrities have no shortage of opportunities to bed the hottie of their choice since money, power and fame are aphrodisiacs for most women. The number of women if given the opportunity who wouldn't give Tiger the tail themselves is very small. The irony is that th...

The recent Glenn Beck Program which featured an audience filled with black conservatives was a long time coming. Yours truly was fortunate enough to be a participant on the show and it was a great experience. It was so refreshing to be in the presence of knowledgeable people for a change. Unlike my normal experience of being surrounded by clueless Obama cool-aid drinking liberals. I had conversations with brilliant minds like Robert Broadus, a candidate for political office with whom I had an engaging debate about Abraham Lincoln. There was a noticeable excitement before the show as evidenced by the many conversations going on. Most conservatives do not have the opportunity to speak to those of like minds given the fact that 90% of blacks are born and raised left wing. The term "black conservative" is still somewhat problematic for me. Given the fact that I am very familiar with our history in this country and that the term conveys some sort of irony. The real irony is that g...

The latest incident of violence involving a Muslim will undoubtedly stoke a heated debate as well as a backlash. As I heard the earliest reports of the shooting, I distinctly remember the sinking feeling that he would have an Arabic name. As someone who has an Arabic name and was born Muslim, I find myself in a perpetual state of cringe. As a child growing up in the inner city, the name Khalid was unheard of. People would often ask the origin, how its spelled, or if I was Muslim. I also endured my share of ridicule for not having a traditional. Names like Rayshawn , Darnell, Tyrone and Derek were considered normal. Then in the 1980's and 90's during the age of hip hop, rappers took upon Arabic names like " Rakim " and Queen " Latifah " in order to convey some sort of consciousness, or knowledge of self-whatever that means. As a result Arabic names became popular and names like Malik , Jabril , and Khalil were more common to the average American- this was h...

The economic apparatchik of the Obama administration have been shouting to the rooftops that the recession is over. What's the evidence? The recent economic data says that the economy grew by 3.5% in the last quarter-making it the first time the economy grew in a year. Under normal circumstances it would be reason to celebrate however this isn't one of them. The reason is that the aforementioned 3.5 % isn't real growth-it's fake growth fabricated by the economic stimulus and the cash for clunkers program. The problem with government spending is the moment it stops, the economic benefit stops as well. Real economic growth comes from the private sector and small business job creation. In spite of this bump up in GDP, it has had little effect on the job numbers which remain flat at 9.8%. I think that in spite of the unemployment numbers and the slow economic growth, the democrats will continue to use smoke and mirrors to keep up the illusion of recovery until the midterm e...

The Brutal murder of teen Derrion Albert last month in Chicago has once again sparked a national debate about urban youth violence. Albert, a clean cut and by all accounts decent young man was beaten to death by a mob while on his way home from school. The horrific murder was caught on a cell phone camera by a bystander. This debate seems to happen every few years or so. Chicago has certainly had many of these incidents over the past decade due to their out of control gang problem, which has been so since I was a child spending summers there with my father- who has lived there for close to thirty years. This incident could have happened in any large or midsized city in America. African American males all across the countries inner cities are filling up prisons and cemeteries at alarming rates. How did we get to this point? Can these negative trends be reversed? Sadly, I would have to say no. The proverbial toothpaste is out of the tube. Since the 1960's, each generation has gott...

I remember just a few months ago, The Obama administration promised to "reset" US and Russian relations that were damaged under the Bush administration. Obama threw a bone to the Russians and scrapped the missile defense shield last month which was initiated by the Bush administration. This was not welcomes news in Poland. The Polish press has ripped Obama for abandoning them in order to gain favor with Putin. For quite sometime, the US has tried with no success to convince the Russians to put pressure on Iran in order to slow its nuclear program. Some liberal commentators, such as Fox news contributor Marl Lamont Hill praised the move and was assured that Obama would not have made such a move without a quid pro quo deal in place on Iran. The administration has egg on its face for the second time in as many weeks when the Russians at least for now balked at the idea of sanctions on Iran, calling them "unproductive". So it appears the administration has given up...

American foreign policy is much maligned by the left. They think that American by and large is a force for evil and not for good. They believe that if only the so called American Military industrial complex would be reigned in, the world would be a better place. Well I say lets give the left what it wants. Lets do what Ron Paul and other Libertarians want: a total non- interventionist foreign policy. I offer you ten ways to destroy the world. 1. Pull troops out of The DMZ in Korea. This would be a delight for Kim Jong Ill. He would be free to scare the pants off of the South Koreans which could possibly put an end to the cease fire. 2.Pull troops out of Japan. This would leave Japan with virtually no protection against the pending N. Korean aggression. Also, China would be free to expand its sphere of influence. 3. Withdraw support for Taiwan. Tear up the protection agreement with Taiwan. Then stand by and watch them be gobbled up by China like a tic tac. It is no secret that China wan...