It's true-- he's good. In 2004 he stole the show, and ended up being one of Kerry's most effective surrogates. Since then he's been lights out. Back during his velour period I wouldn't have thought he had a second act like this in him. Any guesses as to how this happened?
The man's a rhetorical genius! In another age, he'd be a talented rapper. I don't know where the 2nd act came from, but he's obviously a lot smarter than any of the folks I was raised around gave him credit for.
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 
It's true-- he's good. In 2004 he stole the show, and ended up being one of Kerry's most effective surrogates. Since then he's been lights out. Back during his velour period I wouldn't have thought he had a second act like this in him. Any guesses as to how this happened?
He is smooth. When he referred to Obama as "probably the next President" it sounded like a fait à compli without a stitch of spin.
Reverend Al is back. I remember how he and Obama each stole the show at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. Well played yet again!
The man's a rhetorical genius! In another age, he'd be a talented rapper. I don't know where the 2nd act came from, but he's obviously a lot smarter than any of the folks I was raised around gave him credit for.