Roland Martin from CaglePost.com Columns by Roland Martin from CaglePost.com http://rss.caglepost.com/columns.aspx?name=Roland+Martin Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://rss-net.sf.net/ Why We Secretly Love Earmarks At Texas A&M University's sporting events, whenever opposing coaches go off on the referees, our yell leaders - we don't have cheerleaders - signal for the fans to do one of our yells, which ends with, "Sit down, bus driver!" As I watched Sen. John M... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d786fc9a-ddfb-4333-99bd-df17567b14b0.html Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT Obama's Ambitious Agenda A Good Thing Every day, parents and teachers across this country tell young people to dream big, not to sell themselves short, and to prepare to go farther and higher than the previous generation. Corporations spend a lot of time, energy and money trying to get e... http://www.caglepost.com/article/789392bb-04da-4cfd-968e-4495dea15bb2.html Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT New York Post Cartoon Is Racist And Careless President Barack Obama earned kudos from the media when he said he screwed up in nominating Tom Daschle as secretary of health and human services despite Daschle's problem with paying taxes. Too bad the leadership of the New York Post didn't follow t... http://www.caglepost.com/article/53f61ab3-470a-4779-b5a8-7a022407e006.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Don't Be My Valentine With retailers hurting and the U.S. president trying to encourage Americans to spend money to restore consumer confidence, what I'm about to say may seem like treason. But here goes: Please boycott Valentine's Day and all that is associated with this... http://www.caglepost.com/article/cebf83f8-d553-4805-9186-986fcc3623a1.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Obama's Press Office Needs Diversity A lot of media outlets made a big deal out of the mostly white White House press corps covering the first black president, and those stories were worth pursuing. All of us in the business know full well that those are considered plum jobs and are ste... http://www.caglepost.com/article/8b5953dc-1100-4879-bea7-f6f5004560e9.html Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT To Focus On The First 100 Days Is Absurd The new president has been in office for a little longer than one week, and already the clock is ticking as to whether he can get a lot accomplished in the first 100 days of his presidency. Did I miss the memo? I thought the presidency has a four-yea... http://www.caglepost.com/article/ddb628c1-adb0-4430-9475-a3fd4a17e196.html Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Obama's Inauguration Represents The Promise Of A New Day There are so many things that we could take away and remember forever regarding the inauguration of the first African-American president in the history of the United States, but I'll always remember the laughter emanating from a little girl. Shortly ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/c9ba0825-b5e6-4c28-a0e6-6a4c06d421d5.html Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Shame On Bush For Trying To Defend Federal Katrina Response Seeing as we heard so much about pigs and lipstick during the general election campaign, courtesy of Sarah Palin, I've tried as hard as ever not to use the often-recited reference in a column or on TV or radio since. But after listening to President ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/04789a22-219f-45aa-bad7-7d4db1d81407.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Blagojevich Uses The Law To Outsmart Senate Dems It is total hypocrisy for the naysayers of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to assert that he didn't have the legal right to appoint Roland Burris to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. According to the Illinois ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/31438c1c-29cc-41ff-8b8c-4c80a8c09f9d.html Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Pay Rod Gives Democrats Fits With Senate Choice You gotta give Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich some credit; he sure knows how to make some news! Three weeks after being arrested by federal officials for trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, Blagojevich has thum... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b06990f0-f0f6-4014-8886-6ec752aa9bad.html Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT We Need A Major Conservative Vs. Progressive/Urban Radio Battle How many of you caught the Dec. 22 edition of The New York Times, which had a big story on the efforts of conservative talk radio to gear up in an effort to take down President-elect Barack Obama? In a year when Democrats saw massive gains in the Hou... http://www.caglepost.com/article/e9e71230-251b-449a-93ae-c3c7c7bd29fd.html Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT If Hillary Was Qualified For Senate, Why Not Caroline? When Hillary Clinton announced in November 1999 that she was running for the U.S. Senate to replace the legendary Sen. Patrick Moynihan of New York, she never had cast a single vote as an elected officeholder. She never had put forth an agenda that t... http://www.caglepost.com/article/388cba61-652d-4e6d-8dce-240a57da23c1.html Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Corruption Is Accepted Too Easily In Illinois I moved to Chicago 4 1/2 years ago from Texas, and it has been amazing to watch the political machinations in this state and how easy it is for residents to dismiss the rampant corruption of some political officials as nothing more than the cost of d... http://www.caglepost.com/article/438481ba-0608-48ff-844c-11b09c007bea.html Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT More Guns Will Not Solve St. Louis' Crime Problem I personally have witnessed how drugs and poverty can form a combustible combination that can destroy a community that once saw children freely run the streets and neighbors spend time outside talking with one another, as opposed to turning their hom... http://www.caglepost.com/article/47216a8a-b172-43f7-8c41-144424107fa8.html Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT Sarah Palin Is Not The Future Of The GOP After pretty much ignoring the national media during her 2.5 months as Sen. John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been willing to sit down and chat with any man or woman with a pen, pad, audio recorder and video camera as of late, t... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f88f9e94-b899-475e-992c-3d5402d664dc.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT Thank You, President-Elect Barack Obama The day after Sen. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, my mom sent me the following text message: "I woke up this morning, did my prayer time and then turned on my TV to see if anything had changed. Thank God it hadn't."... http://www.caglepost.com/article/d749d6e8-5964-4cfe-84e4-1b956d6dc1ef.html Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT Dean's 50-State Strategy Is A Plus For Obama If Sen. Barack Obama is able to prevail over Sen. John McCain Tuesday, all of those Democrats who ripped Howard Dean's 50-state strategy during the past four years should call the head of the Democratic National Committee and offer a heartfelt apolog... http://www.caglepost.com/article/b8ccb175-a618-4378-ac69-29d4a36077c9.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Republican Attacks Show Fear And Desperation Watching Sen. John McCain and top Republicans swing wildly in their attempts to slam Sen. Barack Obama with less than two weeks to go before Election Day is like watching an old fighter - clearly out of gas, his legs turned to rubber, and all he can ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f0cc7cae-f2d0-4003-892c-4e52eb9d21e7.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Time For Palin To Answer Tough Questions Do you know what was so great about Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan? They were three of the biggest trash talkers in the history of the NBA, but they had the game to back it up. Somebody should tell that to Gov. Sarah Palin. Sen. John Mc... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2a1cb894-04ff-4da6-814b-d8780bca03c1.html Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Why The Ayers Case Is Risky For McCain-Palin During the Democratic primaries, I wrote a column about how easy it is for any candidate to tar and feather another about his associations with less than acceptable figures. Sen. Hillary Clinton tried to blast Sen. Barack Obama for unsolicited commen... http://www.caglepost.com/article/fe871ca7-4597-4782-b159-f78cd6f2994d.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Doing 'OK' In Debates Is Not Good Enough When Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain step onto the stage Tuesday night in Nashville, Tenn., for their second presidential debate, Americans shouldn't expect to see two candidates praised for not making a mistake, stringing together a coherent sent... http://www.caglepost.com/article/7dc3c29e-f9de-48ae-a99b-fdf66305f408.html Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT Christian Bookstore's Shameful Actions In the 19 years since Teresa Hairston first published her magazine, Gospel Today, she never had faced a major situation with Christian bookstores across the country that carry the publication. She's tackled a number of issues over the years and has f... http://www.caglepost.com/article/9276d35c-64f5-416b-93fe-bab24e3f2a32.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT McCain And Obama Are Fighting For Middle-Class Voters If you are a member of America's middle class this election year, you are sort of like a blue-chip football recruit, lavished with praise, attention and adoration from fawning coaches and alumni who would love nothing more than to land the prized pla... http://www.caglepost.com/article/926a0cd5-6374-4040-bfc0-fc8259eb1ee8.html Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Race, Age And Gender Are Taboo In This Election One of the most intriguing conversations I had at either the Democratic convention or the Republican convention was with a white labor leader from Ohio. I can't remember his name, but he made it clear that he is going all around the Rust Belt looking... http://www.caglepost.com/article/9ece6805-953f-4419-9d4c-f2265b7658e6.html Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Community Organizers Put Country First The Republicans have made it clear where their focus is this week with their convention slogan, "Country First." With the abundance of flags, chants of "USA, USA" and tributes to those in the military, they have been laying it on thick, which is trad... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2c4dec7f-f0d4-4e20-a11b-85dd1bef211e.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Pregnancy Of Palin Daughter Cannot Be Ignored It didn't take Republicans long - or even some Democrats - to try to dissuade those of us in the media from focusing on the news that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant and plans on marrying the father. Aides to Se... http://www.caglepost.com/article/543000d3-5489-43f8-aecc-9c27cf428f26.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT Race Is Obama's To Win Or Lose DENVER - All throughout the week, strategists, analysts and pundits were chirping and complaining that the party's convention was too soft in the beginning by not blasting away at Sen. John McCain and President George W. Bush. My CNN colleague James ... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2dc51c43-aea9-4df1-aaea-6f44f87c24a0.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Obama And McCain's Mantra Should Be 'Just Win, Baby' To all the Obamaites who continue to send e-mails asserting that Sen. John McCain was given the questions prior to Saturday's forum at Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, please give it a rest. Even a child can figure out that if you are going to... http://www.caglepost.com/article/55f2d5b8-6b09-4ea9-8261-572ccf60d980.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Media's Job Is To Focus On Facts, Not Rumors Three recent stories are prime examples of how important it is for the media to confront the reality of rumors in the age of the Internet. One week before comedian Bernie Mac passed away, text messages and e-mails were flying all over the country wit... http://www.caglepost.com/article/bb699c1e-3c55-4e18-8ff2-cfed50a515d7.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Why Bill Clinton's Still Upset Poor Bill. He's stuck in no man's land - no longer able to stand before adoring crowds of African-Americans, who welcomed him as the "nation's first black president" with thunderous applause and all kinds of pats on the back - and he clearly is havin... http://www.caglepost.com/article/23f23896-0c0c-458f-beef-d3477cbfc70e.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Obama And McCain Should Help Fight Black AIDS I initially wanted to write about Sen. John McCain's double talk on the issue of affirmative action. Based on his various statements, I'm not sure where in the heck he stands. Another potential topic was the silliness over getting a new press release... http://www.caglepost.com/article/f3072644-337b-4f2e-b282-ecb18a401a2c.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT Ghanaian Slave Castles: Where Beauty And Brutality Coexist ELMINA, Ghana - It is truly stunning to look out into the Atlantic Ocean and see the beauty of the beach and waves along the coastline of this Ghanaian fishing town and then listen to them crash onto the shores below the Elmina Slave Castle. But if y... http://www.caglepost.com/article/7393fff7-e6e6-456a-ad20-7a249a268a64.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT McCain Right, Obama Wrong On School Vouchers "All I want is for my children to get the best education they can." That statement, along with so many others, has been a consistent one that I've heard on my radio show and in discussions with parents for years, especially those who are stuck with i... http://www.caglepost.com/article/2ba118c5-2fa4-4505-b3e5-b3c793992454.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT The Rev. Jackson Owes God, Not Obama, An Apology GULF OF MEXICO - There have been two constants in this presidential campaign: Sen. Barack Obama will discuss his faith openly and present some of today's most troublesome issues through a moral prism, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will say something... http://www.caglepost.com/article/0ee3702c-bd15-4dbd-abb5-dc24084ce106.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT Jesse Helms Was A Conservative -- And A Racist Death has a way of sanitizing the most virulent and despicable aspects of prominent folks' lives, especially those who trafficked in racial bigotry. In the past several years, notorious racists, such as Lester Maddox and Strom Thurmond, left this ear... http://www.caglepost.com/article/aa33cb75-a81b-430e-a696-f90c45a056d3.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

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