Is it a prerequisite of leadership among African Americans that one must make outrageous claims? Far too many of these guys have more talent for oratory than they do for clear thought.


I watched Cornell West for a while the other night on the University of California's satellite channel. He's a parody of himself.

As for Julian Bond, is he claiming that he, or blacks in general, won the war? Unless they did, why are they the only ones entitled to claim spoils?