I have no intellectual way of saying "it's about time". Obama is no idiot. He recognizes his pastor's posturing for what it is in the age of Paris Hilton celebrity. Fifteen minutes of fame can be cashed in for mo' money, and Jeremiah Wright is not going to let a small thing like his friend and parishoner's noble quest impede his run to the bank. Although the entire world is watching Obama learn some hard life lessons in real-time, he has every right to adjust his relationships as events unfold, no matter how public they've become.
Here's a piece no one cared about. Meh, whatever, probably the most enjoyable article I did during my stint at TIME. Premiered a month before I got laid-off. The nail in the coffin? Ya think?
Here's me going after Al. I didn't so much have a problem with him, as I had a problem with media acting like this dude was the go-to guy for everything black.
This was my first real story at time. I was writing for the Business section, a real change of direction for me. At any rate, it's about Wal-Mart's attempts to colonize the inner-city. As much as I enjoyed this piece, I mostly enjoyed going out to Chicago, which is a beautiful, beautiful city.
This a piece I did about the cops just outside our nation capitol, in Prince George's County, a few years back. I wanted to offer a counter to the dumb, conventional wisdom that if you paint your police force black, you could eradicate police brutality. In fact, Prince George's--one of the richest, blackest counties in the country--also had one of the most brutal police force's in the country.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
I have no intellectual way of saying "it's about time". Obama is no idiot. He recognizes his pastor's posturing for what it is in the age of Paris Hilton celebrity. Fifteen minutes of fame can be cashed in for mo' money, and Jeremiah Wright is not going to let a small thing like his friend and parishoner's noble quest impede his run to the bank. Although the entire world is watching Obama learn some hard life lessons in real-time, he has every right to adjust his relationships as events unfold, no matter how public they've become.
Posted by fringes | April 29, 2008 6:02 PM