The Conservative Sage

In light of the recent bankruptcy of the city of Detroit one of the city's native son's is aiming to make a difference. The diminutive billionaire Chairman of Quicken loans and majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers has invested $1 billion dollars of his own money to acquire over three million square feet of real estate in Downtown Detroit. The problems that have plagued the beleaguered city over the past four decades have been well documented. Rampant corruption, abandoned buildings, crime, drugs, and big labor have caused a loss of over half the city's population. Mr. Gilbert's ambitious plans include turning Downtown into a high tech hub,  His real estate company,  Bedrock Real Estate Services , is renovating properties, building apartments and wooing corporate tenants. A seven-mile light rail system is in the planning stages, underwritten by a number of businesses and business leaders, including Mr. Gilbert.  Although his fortune is estimated at $3.5 billion b...

Over the past several years one thing has been made very clear by the left: do not cross us. The latest victim of the left's mob attacks CNN Liberal host Don Lemon who dared to actually agree with comments made by the much despised FOX commentator Bill Ore'illy. Ore'illy called out members of the civil rights establishment for their silence on the myriad of problems in the black community such a crime and out of wedlock births. On Lemon's CNN show he not only agreed with Ore'illy but stated that 'he didn't go far enough. Lemon then proceeded  to outline several points which he feels would improve the black community such as education, and doing away with sagging pants. Some of his seemingly mundane suggestions have set of a firestorm of criticism which the left often does when one of their own strays from the left wing orthodoxy. Its appears that on the left one can only speak of blacks as victims of racial and economic oppression. Raising issues of pers...

Although I am no longer a big fan of fireworks displays, there are of course others who are. Families have for generations enjoyed the 4th of July tradition. Unfortunately, residents of Shaker Heights, Ohio will no longer be able to thanks to the unruly mobs who converge on the town square rioting, looting and assaulting random victims. Violence in Shaker during the past three years as well as trouble at other events in the area has caused city officials to cancel this years event. In 2011 so called "Flash mobs" descended on the Coventry Street festival on Cleveland's east side. Fights broke out and several teens were arrested-the festival was cancelled in 2012. What has gone unspoken is that this violence is committed exclusively black teens in cities across the nation.  Cleveland certainly isn't alone when it comes to this unsettling trend. Chicago has experienced numerous incidents of mob violence over the past two years in its tony Magnif...

In a decision that will surely rock the political landscape  the Supreme Court has struck down a key section of the 1965 voting rights act, the provision of the landmark civil rights law that designates which parts of the country must have changes to their voting laws cleared by the federal government. In a 5-4 ruling split along ideological lines, the court has ruled that 'things have changed dramatically' in the South since the Act was passed 50 years ago and Federal supervision is no longer needed. Predictably this decision has caused great consternation on the left “Today will be remembered as a step backwards in the march towards equal rights,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “We must ensure that this day is just a page in our nation’s history, rather than the return to a dark chapter." Such hyperbolic laments are all to common amongst the alarmist on the black left.  Th...

As the so called 'gang of eight", scrambles to amend the immigration bill to appease conservatives' border security concerns, its passage will surely benefit Democrats long term. Under the proposed legislation, 8 million immigrants would become legal-a large number of them Hispanics- which will surely spark a battle for those voters. During the last two presidential elections, neither John McCain or Mitt Romney could not maintain the support from Latino voters as did George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. This trend could likely continue for the foreseeable future. Many of these illegals will become instant Democratic voters who will be very receptive to liberals giveaways and social programs. This spells trouble for not only black Americans but for America in general. The influx of new and primarily low skilled workers will not only further drive down wages,  black Americans will no longer be the darlings of the Democratic party. A few year...

President Obama's election was met with religious enthusiasm from his fans on the left. I use the word "fan" in this instance very deliberately in this instance since many of those who voted for him see him as a sort a pop star, like Michael or Prince. He isn't an elected official who is there to serve the people of the United States. Instead his Presidency has become a coronation of the civil rights movement, not to be challenged or held accountable. Blacks tend to see him as someone to protect and defend  against the racist Republican barbarians at his white House gates. If they would only let him do what he wants to do" some of them say. Although there has been rumblings from his devotee's in the black community. His recent Morehouse Speech where he spoke of black male responsibility and victimization sparked anger from those who accused him of "talking down to blacks". Although I am certainly not a fan of the President, I found no issues with...

Newark New Jersey Mayor Corey Booker certainly has one of America's toughest jobs. His city has for decades been plagued with all the stereotypical inner city blues: high crime, population decline, urban blight. One would think that Booker, a rising star in the Democratic party, would be lobbying the Obama administration for cash in the form of some sort of new age urban renewal plan. In fact, the liberal Mayor has decided to get in touch with his more conservative side and call on the private sector-non other than the under taxed rich-which even include some of the much maligned "fat cats" from Wall Street. Booker, mining his vast network honed from his days and Stanford and Yale, has attracted more than $250 million to his poverty stricken city from hedge fund managers, entrepreneurs and Hollywood moguls.. Most famously, Facebook Chief Mark Zuckerberg pledged $100 million to help the city's dismal school system which sadly sports a 61% high sc...