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Black clergy speak out for Israel

On Monday, Oct. 7, my organization, CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, co-hosted with Michigan Lighthouse Ministries a press conference with more than 50 pastors from across the State of Michigan, noting the atrocities committed last year by Hamas terrorists against Israeli citizens ...

Waiting rooms have become a wasteland

Waiting rooms have become a wasteland. I travel it with the same promised oasis in my hand, catching up on emails or scrolling through social media. However, I still like to peek up and look around to see who else might have drunk enough from the fountains that allow us to forget about the ...

Free speech in the crosshairs

The most consequential issue on the ballot this November is the fate of free speech: your ability to speak your mind. At former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaped on the stage and urged the nation to support Trump. It’s “the bedrock of ...

Would GOP survive Trump’s defeat?

If Donald Trump loses the election, to hear him and his campaign tell it, the fate of the Republican Party should be the least of our concerns: his defeat would spell the end of the nation itself and all that we hold dear. But let’s assume that Trump and company are exaggerating and that ...

How we cope shows our differences

I reported last week about the decided move of young women to the political left and away from the religious affiliation of their childhood. But these measures, at least in the short run, do not appear to be relevant to the success young women are having in day-to-day living in America. By ...

Campaign might need strategy change

In my time as a political consultant, I observed that carrying out a campaign strategy was surprisingly simple. You settled on a basic strategy, emphasizing the candidate’s strong points on issues and character, framing the election in terms favorable to most voters. Then you just carried it ...