trump's buddy Duterte told Philippine soldiers to shoot female rebel soldiers in the vagina.Wow! What's with these power hungry autocrats and their hatred for women?Here in America we have o… Read More

The following article was written back in September. But since it's Black History Month and trump is still president, I thought that I would post it here again."I’ve been in mourning s… Read More

Apparently Donald trump and the rest of the members of his white male boys club in the White House didn't get the memo that it's 2018.The other part of that memo says that you just can't go… Read More

      We live in a world where Kellyanne Conway has been named as the person to stop America's opioid crisis. These are strange times.Someone should tell the preside… Read More

    ~Trea-son~The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.And yet, "treason" is what your president was ac… Read More

No post today, field hands. I will be busy watching the Super Bowl.So will your president ,who famously told his people to boycott the league.But hey, that's trump, watch what he does not wh… Read More

This memo fiasco might finally open the eyes of the American people and expose republicans like Devin Nunes for the contemptible and loathsome human beings that they truly are.The following… Read More

I tried to stay awake during Mr. trump's state of his teleprompter address, but I couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes. (My wife's eight year old niece reads better than the president… Read More

Please give me your thoughts on the SOTU address being delivered by Mr. trump tonight.  It might be hard to stay awake, but if you made it all the way through it, please tell me wh… Read More

Those Russian bots are going to get their wish. The republicans in Washington decided to release a controversial and classified memo that seeks to make the investigators look bad and muddy t… Read More

I just found this old article from a conservative publication about "why race relations got worse" in America.It's an interesting read.The Field Negro education series continues. "The U… Read More

The Field Negro education series continues.The following is an essay from Jamelle Bouie."What would you call someone who blasted Haiti as a “shithole,” complained about immigrant… Read More

Remember that "secret society" conspiracy that FOX VIEWS and right-wingnuts in Washington have been trying to push for the past few days? Well...."Could someone please explain to Sen. Ron Jo… Read More

Bob Mueller wants to interview Donald trump really soon. This is looking more like an obstruction of justice case than it is one of collusion. Isn't this how it always works with the feds?&n&hell…Read More

CONGRATS TO THE PHILADELPHIA "IGGLES"!NOW IT'S ON TO MINNEAPOLIS.*Pic from sportingnews.com Read More

As of the writing of this post, the American government is still officially shutdown. Both sides are pointing the fingers and playing the blame game, but I think that Stevie Wonder can… Read More

       I am not sure why people are acting surprised and shocked by the racist and offensive rant posted by a University of Alabama sorority girl. Being ignorant and raci… Read More

“Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda. Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched… Read More

 It's Martin Luther King Day in America, a day when Americans pretend that they are really working to make this a more perfect union, and that all is at least becoming right with i… Read More

I suspect that the country of my origin is a "shithole" in the mind of America's racist in chief. The man clearly has an issue with black and brown people---- especially those from Third Wor… Read More

Tonight my racism chase takes me to Kansas, Ohio, and in the boardroom of a corporation that does business here in America.Since it's the state closest to me, I will start in Ohio. This is w… Read More

If Mr. "stable genius" wants to impress me and the rest of America about the state of his mind, he will have the folks at Walter Reed conduct a psychiatric exam along with his physical at th… Read More

    I am not sure what all the fuss is about this Michael Wolff book about Mr. trump.I mean let's face it, everything in the book only confirms what those of us with half of a brai… Read More

I am still traveling, and this weather on the East Coast is not making things any easier.Holla at you soon Read More

 Here are ten things that I hope will happen in 2018.1. Robert Mueller's investigation will come to a meaningful conclusion.2. Reality television shows will start getting lower rat… Read More

One of my New Year's resolutions is to never get comfortable with stories like the one I am posting tonight. This can never become the new normal in America. Even if it is tru… Read More

The following interview is from a 17 year old soccer star in Europe."In different circumstances there would be so much else to discuss when Rhian Brewster pulls up his seat for the first maj… Read More

Nothing is crazier coming out of wingnut- world than this phony "war on Christmas".  I mean what does this even mean? I am quite sure that the children of liberals were just as happy wi… Read More

From my family to yours.Peace Read More

 In light of that grotesque display we witnessed of ass kissing by republicans to Donald trump, I thought that I would share a few tidbits from an article I read today about some o… Read More

"The wondrous joy of children and our responsibility to them. We remember our duty to live justly. And for those of us blessed to serve in this Congress, we must remember our special respons… Read More

  The folks at FOX VIEWS are now suggesting that we have a "coup on our hands" ,and  that the president's enemies have a shadow government within Washington working furiously… Read More

Those of us with a heart understand how important it is to remember the poor innocent victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.With a heart. "Not only did Donald Trump not tweet out messages o… Read More

And now I give you one black writer's take on Omarosa.  The woman who gave up her black card when she started playing Mr. trump's house Negro."After being ousted from her job as communi… Read More

   The president of the United States sent a very nasty tweet to a United States Senator and tried to slut- shame her in the most pig like manner. He implied that she would do anyt… Read More

      Some things are so upsetting that I don't like to think about them let alone take the time to write an entire blog post. But sometimes you have to just face hard truths… Read More

BREAKING!Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said President Donald Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania.Huddy, who allegedly received a settle… Read More

    We all knew that Roy Moore was an "alleged" pedophile, but did you know that he was a virulent racist as well? Of course you did. He is, after all, being supported by our dentu… Read More

And now I give you the following essay about the president of the United States; a man who just openly endorsed an "alleged" pedophile for the senate:"Civil rights advocates, social scientis… Read More

If you are in the American middle class, republican lawmakers want you to stop spending your disposable income on "booze and women". Apparently only large corporations and the people who run… Read More

And now this from Billy Bush. Yes, that Billy Bush.“Of course he said it. And we laughed along, without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from America’s highest-r… Read More

Republicans in Washington are hours away from giving a trillion dollars away to the wealthiest among us. It will be done by way of a tax scheme that will be pushed through many of the people… Read More

The president of the United States retweeted something that was originally posted on what is the equivalent to a KKK website in Britain, and he got mad at the British Prime Minister for call… Read More

Here is an interesting take on Republicans and racism via an interview with Peter Beinart. The Field Negro education series continues.“Is American conservatism inherently bigoted?… Read More

I first met Richard Fausset over a decade ago when he did a feature on me for his old paper, the Los Angeles Times. He shadowed me for a day and I got to know him pretty well. I though his r… Read More

"Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot… Read More

Sup field hands?I know it doesn't seem like there is much to be thankful for with that big turkey in the White House, but try to count your blessings and find some things that make you thank… Read More

*The White House couldn't cover for him any longer, so Mr. trump finally came clean with his love for the "alleged" pedophile down in Alabama, Roy Moore. (That whole "birds of a feather" thi… Read More

I was thinking the same thing as the author of the following article today."Trump’s Twitter War with LaVar Ball Underlines a Bigger Problem.With all the pressing issues of the day, Don… Read More

     * So we have finally reached a turning point when it comes to calling out sexual harassment in America. It's a welcome thing, but clearly it has come too late. And forgiv… Read More

Did the greatest democracy on earth die with the election of Donald trump?The following article might help with some answers to that question.The Field Negro education series continues.&nbsp&hell…Read More

Here are some things I learned today.Sexual harassment is not a partisan issue.  (Mr. Franken, you should probably resign your senate seat. But then the president has allegedly don… Read More

There was a lot going on in America today.America wouldn't be America if there wasn't a mass shooting somewhere. And, right on cue, there was one out in California.Some deranged animal decid… Read More

Tonight I am going to flip the script and post a positive story about where we are as humans for once.I don't usually fall for feel good stories about random people, but when I saw the story… Read More

The biggest news of this past week wasn't that Roy Moore, who might be heading to the United States senate soon, is a pedophile. (It might be the most disgusting, but it's not the most… Read More

Today we honor those who served.Not cowards who waited 48 years before going to Vietnam Read More

"  "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me..." I think Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore has a different take on the scriptures. I b… Read More

    Mr. trump's party suffered some bad losses tonight, but he is still the president, and he will more than likely be in Washington for the next three years.  (Maybe)So here… Read More

Tonight's post will not be about me pontificating or giving my opinion about one subject or another.Tonight I simply want you field hands to view a couple of videos of incidents which took p… Read More

"May God be w/ the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI & law enforcement are on the scene. I am monitoring the situation from Japan," Trump tweeted shortly after reports of the… Read More

As the president of the United States continues to wage war against the black and poor people in his country, we are starting to hear some first hand accounts about some of his other racist… Read More

"Field, why aren't you blogging about that police chief in South Jersey who compared Negroes to Isis?"   I am doing it now.Honestly, though, I am not as outraged as some other folk… Read More

  It has been an interesting 24 hours here in America.A terrorist just struck New York City killing at least eight people. His weapon of choice was the thing Americans love even more th… Read More

Everyone waited with bated breath today yo see if  Mr. Mueller's ongoing investigation would nab someone in trump's inner circle. Or, stop the presses,  maybe even the orange one h… Read More

The following essay was posted just before our first 9/11 anniversary under president trump.The Field Negro education series continues:"After the attacks of September 11, 2001, patriotism to… Read More

We can add Mark Halperin to the list of men who have a problem when it comes to how to treat women in the workplace. Apparently he has been guilty of behavior similar to that of his buddy, D… Read More

Ya'll know me, I can chase racism with the best of them. And if I happen to see an instance of racism or something I consider racially insensitive, I have no problem with calling out the per… Read More

I am trying to remember exactly when conservatism turned to nativism. There was a time, in the not too distant past, when conservatives were people of principles. Regardless of what you thou… Read More

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"Police in Florida arrested three men who allegedly made Nazi salutes, repeated Hitler chants and then shot at a group of protesters after white supremacist leader Richard Spencer’s sp… Read More

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses… Read More

The body of  25-year-old Sgt. La David T. Johnson laid rotting for 48 hours in the West African sun before it could be retrieved. He was one of four Special Forces troops ambushed and k… Read More

  I remember when America was brutally tough on people who use drugs, and we were passing all types of tough draconian laws to stem the flow of drugs into our inner city neighborhoods.T… Read More

 Jerry Falwell, Jr. says that Donald trump has the chance to be the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln. I am not sure how he plans to achieve that feat, but apparently he thinks t… Read More

   As a youngster growing up in Jamaica I always admired a family friend, who, to this day, I still consider one of the wisest people that I have ever known. (Shout out to Brother… Read More

The Field Negro education series continues.This is an opposing point of view from a slave catcher black conservative about race relations in America.Never say that the Field Negro doesn… Read More

"President Trump, on his way to a fundraiser in North Carolina, weighed in the scandal engulfing Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. The… Read More

The Vice President of the United States walked out of a football game right after it started. Why? Because the players exercised their Constitutional rights and took a knee while the nationa… Read More

America's obsession with why this monster in Las Vegas committed this despicable incomprehensible act continues.We are leaving no stone unturned until we find out his motivation and what cou… Read More

  *Unless you have been living on another planet, you have heard by  now about Cam Newton's bone headed and sexist remarks to a female reporter. Cam, in his infinite wisdom, questi… Read More

Someone (I suspect a 2nd Amendment nut- case) made the point on twitter that there was no call for "truck control" after 86  people were killed in Nice, France.The answer he got from a… Read More

    I honestly wasn't going to blog too much about the domestic terrorist who killed 58 people last night in Las Vegas.  At some point you get tired of beating up on a ho… Read More

  *I thought that General Kelly finally discouraged Donald trump from tweeting so much.The accidental president was at it again this weekend, and his tweets this time were as bad a… Read More

I am off tonight field hands, in the meantime, please keep the folks of Puerto Rico in your thoughts.Remember, they are Americans just like you.  Someone has to think about them, becaus… Read More

The Field Negro education series continues: "Trump's White Supremacist DNA On Display Again by Neil H. Buchanan Who could have predicted that an unhinged attack on professional athletes… Read More

In a way, Philly is a lot like Pyongyang; there are statues and sculptures everywhere. For years the highest man made structure in Philadelphia was a statue of William Penn. The mo… Read More

"What the hell do you have to lose?" That's what Donald trump told African Americans when he was trolling us for our votes in the last presidential elections. Well, here we are nine mon… Read More

 *It took the president of the United States calling their mothers bitches for some of these NFL players to finally get one hundred percent behind Colin Kaepernick. Today, in a sho… Read More

So I am in my office today when a co-worker comes in and tells me that there was a shooting just up the block from our building.Philly, like most big cities, has a lot of crime, but you have… Read More

 I found a great article that is a must read for folks who want to learn a little bit more about how and why Donald trump became so popular with a certain segment of the American public… Read More

"And I think it's gonna be a long long time'Till touch down brings me round again to findI'm not the man they think I am at homeOh no no no I'm a rocket man Rocket man burning out his f… Read More

For tonight's post I want to conduct a little social experiment.I want you to read the following story and tell me your honest opinion."A Christian university in Nashville, Tennessee ju… Read More

Charles Manson, after all these years, might be finally getting his wish.Down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an armed white man (or men) is randomly killing black people, and the reports so far… Read More

The North Koreans are launching missiles all over the place, and  they just sent another one over the country of Japan. This after the UN Security Council passed fresh "sanctions " agai… Read More

"He likes us" Ahhhhm, no he doesn't Chuck, trump only likes himself, and if you are dumb enough to believe that he really "likes" you (or any other person for that matter), well then yo… Read More

 Everyone is talking about Hillary's new book, and everyone has an opinion about some of the things she said about the elections. It has some interesting revelations, but nothing that w… Read More

 Thankfully, the New York Times continue to give Charles Blow a platform.His latest essay sums up how many Americans feel about the president and living through the dark days of trump."… Read More

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Will someone please tell me why Rush Limbaugh is fleeing his home in South Florida? I thought that this was supposed to be a fake liberal storm. Well Rush, if it's so fake, why don't yo… Read More

   * One of the best writers in America wrote a wonderful and enlightening post about your president. The Field Negro education series continues."It is insufficient to state t… Read More