So, I arose this morning and after a few moments of prayer, opened up my Facebook App and was reminded in the “Memory” section that six years ago, I wrote an article for The Hill criticizing then Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) for undermining then Orlando area State Attorney Aramis Ayala (D)—th…

Did you know that back in the 1990's, that the Florida legislature mandated that Black History must be taught in K-12 classrooms across the State? That measure, coupled with a requirement that Holocaust History be featured as well, arose during the time when the State of Florida compensated …

Yesterday, students at Wellesley College voted in favor of a non-binding resolution to allow transgender men and nonbinary people who were assigned male at birth to be eligible for admission.

It's hard to believe that 10 years have flown by since I made my final decision to leave the Republican Party. If you're surprised that I was ever a Republican, don't let your imagination run wild with images of a bad haircut having, grinning “Yessa Massa" Hobbs because that surely wasn't me…

When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, his meteoric rise from a political rabble rouser to “Fuhrer" (leader) was facilitated, in large part, because of his oratorical gifts that captivated the German masses still reeling from their losses after the First World War.

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When I was a child watching Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News, two things fascinated my young mind: 1. The calm and deliberative manner in which those two men, and all of their cronies in the CBS national news room, delivered current events and, 2. The mostly serious man…

Earlier this week, celebrated sports journalist Stephen A. Smith weighed in on recent news that Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant is under multiple investigations by law enforcement and the NBA for possessing or brandishing a firearm.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed a Bill last week that criminalizes anyone who dresses or performs in drag on public property, in general, and specifically proscribes: "topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that ap…

Yesterday,  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that allows him to take over Walt Disney World’s self-governing district less than a year after a very public fight between the company and conservative Florida politicians who were angry that Disney publicly opposed the divisive “Don’t Say…

I moved my family to Minnesota (Twin Cities specifically) from the south side of Chicago in late 1989. Since then, I've had the honor and privilege of interacting with, learning from, being influenced by, and associating with great Black leaders, politicians, activists of social justice, rel…

Earlier this week, Florida State Rep. Alex Andrade (R-Pensacola), filed HB 999, a measure that would codify the next wave of Gov. Ron Desantis' push to overhaul the state's education system by scrapping diversity, equity, and inclusion as goals in hiring and course offerings. 

This Friday marks the anniversary of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine; for my faithful readers, you may recall that around this time last year, I predicted in this blog that Russia's President Vladimir Putin was merely "saber rattling" and harbored no real intention to invade—I was wr…

Affirmative Action, at least as we have known it since the end of the Civil Rights era, may soon vanish if the Students for Fair Admissions (S.F.F.A.), a group challenging admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina in the latest U.S. Supreme Court term, has it way.

This book review is considered ‘retrospective’ because I first read and offered insights on it exactly 5 years ago this month.  However, recent incarceration statistics germane to this book’s premise which I uncovered while researching a related topic, suggests that The New Jim Crow, author,…

Color me not surprised that one week after the 100th anniversary of the Rosewood Massacre was commemorated in Gainesville, Florida, that the Florida Department of Education (DOE), under the executive branch leadership of Republican Gov. Ron Desantis, has blocked the College Board from testin…

There was something about my subject, W.D. Foster Graham, that intrigued me.  His book reviews were poignant, and always made me want to read what he had read and written, too!  There just wasn’t enough time when I was writing 24-7 and loving it.  While I write this article on December 13th,…

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor.  It must be demanded by the oppressed.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

100 years from now, descendants of mine will sit in some teacher’s class and learn all about the 2020 election—and the post election events on January 6, 2021 that remain one of the ugliest moments in American history. 

Hobbservations Point Final Football Poll

When I was a freshman at Morehouse College in 1990, one of the first major adjustments that I had to make was realizing that during Atlanta's bitterly cold winter months, that if I wanted to pleasure read rare books, or thumb through the latest editions of periodicals like Time, National Rev…

Yesterday, I read and watched breaking news stories that Mississippi State University Football Coach Mike Leach (below), 61, had suffered a massive heart attack and was in critical condition.

Warnock wins!

Last week, the increasingly strange, inane, and vitriolic rap music mogul Kanye West was interviewed by another foolish far-right influencer, Alex Jones, and during an exchange about the former's recent dinner date with Donald Trump and white nationalist/neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, Kanye said, “I…

Perhaps this year, Thanksgiving might be a little different.  Maybe we might find even more things to be thankful for, people to re-connect with, more people to care about and family members and friends to love, and learning and doing more constructive and positive things like mentoring a ch…

As expected, former President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he plans to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024.

I was so dejected by the results in my home state of Florida on Tuesday night that I failed to notice until the next day that overall, Democrats nationwide performed relatively well and, more crucially, MAGA Republicans, those endorsed by former President Donald Trump, did not do so well in …

Running off at the Android...

As Kanye "Ye" West's financial portfolio continues to drop in the wake of controversial statements that he has made in recent weeks about Jews and Judaism, a popular sentiment that has arisen among social media users has been comparing how quickly Kanye has been cancelled by his corporate ma…

After a two week delay due to the devastating impact of Hurricane Ian, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and his Democratic Challenger, former Gov. Charlie Crist, finally matched wits on stage during the only debate the two will have in the run-up to this year's election. 

Actuellement dans le monde il y a des conflits internes, dans de nombreux pays, que la presse occidentale ne reflète pas dans ses pages car ce sont des guerres et des processus de déstabilisation du "tiers monde".

Hivi sasa ulimwenguni kuna migogoro ya ndani, katika nchi nyingi, ambayo vyombo vya habari vya Magharibi havionyeshi katika kurasa zake kwa sababu ni vita na michakato ya kudhoofisha "ulimwengu wa tatu".

Waqtigan xaadirka ah adduunka waxaa jira iskahorimaadyo gudaha ah, dalal badan, in saxafada reer galbeedka aysan ka muuqan boggeeda sababtoo ah waa dagaallo iyo habab xasillooni darro ah "adduunka saddexaad".

Lọwọlọwọ ni agbaye awọn ija ti inu, ni ọpọlọpọ awọn orilẹ-ede, pe awọn titẹ Oorun ko ṣe afihan

Atualmente no mundo existem conflitos internos, em muitos países, que a imprensa ocidental não reflete em suas páginas por serem guerras e processos de desestabilização do “terceiro mundo”.

Currently in the world there are internal conflicts, in many countries, that the Western press does not reflect in its pages because they are wars and processes of destabilization of the "third world".

Actualmente en el mundo existen conflictos internos, en muchos países, que la prensa occidental no refleja en sus páginas porque son guerras y procesos de desestabilización del “tercer mundo”. Toda la prensa occidental está centrada en la crisis entre Rusia y Ucrania, o la profunda crisis en…

Jackson State University Football Coach Deion “Primetime” Sanders was front and center on 60 Minutes last night and true to form, his interview did NOT disappoint.For those who missed it, click on the link below and enjoy:Not that I was surprised, but the day after “Coach Prime's” segment, I…

Georgia U.S. Senate Debate

So, I know who Lizzo is, even if I couldn’t sing one of her songs all the way through from start to finish if a billion dollars was on the line 😆.