Celebrity costumes for Halloween (gallery)

October 29, 2010 2 Comments

Tweet Ah, costume parties. Gotta love when excess makeup and alcohol collide, and no we’re not talking about Dennis Rodman (have you seen “it” lately?) Halloween is quite the party these days. Well it was a scary night for some celebrities, and we’re not talking about the VMAs. All Hallow’s Eve brought out the demonic ...

Does Obama have a 'dark' side?

May 16, 2010 No Comments

Tweet At varying times during the debate over health care, and even while he was still running for office, President Obama has been depicted or called some of the most crazy names one can imagine. From the anti-christ, to Satan himself, Obama has been labeled every single unsavory character in mankind’s history. And the thing ...

With Rogers out, will White House be as fun?

March 30, 2010 No Comments

Tweet Do know what it means to mix New Orleans … with Chicago’s flair and style? That’s essentially what former White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers — who should be gone by Wednesday, the end (Ides) of March, was when she was tapped to run events at the president’s Washington residence. Desiree Rogers had the ...

Americans vs. Europeans: Are they hotter than us?

March 19, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet All this talk about childhood obesity and health care has hidden perhaps a symptom of the American way of life: Our belief that we’re hotter than anybody else on the planet. I mean, Americans have style of course, but the big fashion houses we aspire to embody — Gucci, Prada, etc. — are all ...

What if the Obamas were ghetto?

February 4, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet Let’s be honest: When you first first heard about Barack Obama, you had no idea the substance of the man. You didn’t know he had come out of Harvard or Harlem. You didn’t know if he was a lawyer or a layman. You didn’t know that his wife was a professional executive in Chicago, ...

Poll: Everybody Likes Michelle

January 20, 2010 1 Comment

Tweet Poll numbers schmoll numbers: Barack may be falling harder than a rock, but people think the world of Michelle, according to a new poll in the L.A. Times. That means former First Ladies Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush evidently didn’t have that twinkle in the eye that ‘Chelle has displayed. Sure, there has been ...

Best of 09: If all men are dogs, can Barack be trusted?

December 29, 2009 No Comments

Tweet Tiger Woods. Steve McNair. Eliot Spitzer. Mark Sanford. The list goes on for the drunk-on-fame-and-power men who have cheated on their spouses affair raises the issue of marital infidelity again. Although it seems Tiger was a straight dog, Sanford’s is a bit more complicated. Sanford didn’t just have an affair he lingered with the ...

Offensive image of Michelle Obama is back

December 10, 2009 No Comments

Tweet (update: Google has removed the image again, hopefully, at last.) An offensive image of First Lady Michelle Obama is back atop Google images as Dec 10. The image, which morphs Mrs. Obama’s picture with that of a monkey, was removed by Google on Nov. 23 after criticism reached the company’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. ...

Mrs. O's 'Mixed Feelings'

August 16, 2009 No Comments

Tweet First Lady Michelle Obama already had misgivings, and this was way before people came to her husband’s rallies with semi-automatic weapons. One quote she said stands out, many of which were uttered even before she got in the White House: “[W]hen Barack first told me he was thinking about running for President, I had ...

Michelle's Progenitor: Phyicia Rashad/Claire Huxtable

July 29, 2009 No Comments

Tweet No black woman, not Esther Rolle, not Hattie McDaniel, not Halle Berry, not anyone, has shaped popular culture’s portrayal of the successful black woman like Claire Huxtable. The power of “The Cosby Show” still lives on in the way Americans see First Lady Michelle Obama, a thoughtful mother and wife. Claire’s professional style, her ...

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