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This weekend in Washington, D.C., three young men in the Southeast section of the city became some of the latest statistics for gun violence in the District of Columbia. Our cynical natures make us assume that these young men were probably thugs, derelicts, drug addicts or dealers, but we don’t know. However, because of the section of town they were in, and the associations we draw with young folks being shot in D.C., we tend to think of it as business as usual.

Rewind to a week ago, when one of the most promising Washington Redskins players, star safety Sean Taylor, was fatally shot in his home outside of Miami. Let me be the first to say, our deepest and most heartfelt condolences go out to his parents and loved ones. Immediately following the incident, the story of his shooting became national and even international news. We’ve been inundated in the days following his death with breaking news stories and special reports on this young man who at one time in the not too distant past caught a lot of flak in the press for his youthful indiscretions. Read more...

Stephen Colbert is running for president. Ha, ha.

I might be out of touch, but I never have really thought that Stephen Colbert is funny.

And I don’t think his running for president is funny. Read more...

Running for president is no joke.

John McCain knows that. So does John Edwards. As do Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Richardson — and all the rest. And Stephen Colbert may soon discover that, too. Read more...

Armstrong Williams gives us his take on Michael Vick troubled past and present.

10. Why do we still need national party conventions? They no longer decide anything and TV doesn’t cover them. We could bestow the nominations at regular meetings of the parties’ national committees.

9. Can you think of a dumber idea than developing a list of the “Top 10 Party Schools in America?” Why is excessive drinking among college students so funny to some?

8. Aren’t there better candidates for the help of the Atlanta NAACP than Michael Vick? Read more...

I have been trying to get my head around the national reaction to Barry Bonds and his pursuit of Hank Aaron’s home run record.

The national mood towards Bonds's march to immortality is decidedly mixed. While San Francisco fans are deservedly thrilled, the rest of the country is ambivalent, if not downright hostile. Read more...

In this video, Karen Hanretty continues talking about Sean Penn's visit to Venezuela, wondering where the actor/activist's priorities are.

In this video, Karen Hanretty says she's curious about what Sean Penn has to say about Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) comments about U.S. military strikes in Pakistan.

There are no words to describe the intensity of my scorn for anyone who has anything to do with pit bull fighting. As one who is owned by two cats and a beloved dog, I fantasize about somehow giving these contemptible subhumans a taste of their own medicine, perhaps placing them, unprotected, in a ring full of the violent killers they created by their brutality to trusting puppies.

Whatever the legal outcome, the Michael Vick case has caused us to consider cruelty to animals. Oh, we were aware, but we chose not to think about it. But frankly, we're still only pondering one small facet of it.  Read more...

Unconscionable. That is the only word for NFL star Michael Vick’s participation in a cruel and inhumane dogfighting ring in rural Virginia, aptly name Bad Newz Kennels.

Animal fighting is barbaric, disgusting and sick. In this case, animals were electrocuted, shot, drowned, hanged and most killed, of course, during the fights in the makeshift rings. If this is some kind of macho rage, breeding pit bulls for “sport,” then maybe the NFL and Nike should wash their hands of Vick sooner rather than later. Nike should certainly not be marketing shirts that say “Michael Vick: Hero” on them. If Vick is guilty of involvement in this activity, the NFL should ban him and Nike should drop him.  Read more...