“No doctor has ever reminded me that I am black before,” the patient said, laughing and nodding his head to let me know he appreciated my advice.
Just as he was startled...
He’s been driving in reverse, never even glancing at the rearview mirror. But Tuesday night, President Donald Trump stopped and put the car in drive. He hit some big bum...
Professional sports leagues that once used their clout to obtain a federal law against sports gambling ultimately lost that bet in May when the U.S. Supreme Court overtu...
It should not take the death of a college sophomore during a fraternity hazing ritual to teach us the basics of human kindness and consequences.
It should not take a wro...
When I was very young, a teenage girl was raped in my neighborhood, and my mother told me if that ever happened to me, my father would find the man and kill him.
I think...
Let’s coin a new law of politics. Call it Neuman’s Law after Alfred E. Neuman of Mad magazine fame, whose philosophy is, “What, me worry?” Neuman’s Law postulates that t...
Marching pioneers of the suffragette movement couldn’t have known a century ago when they wore white as a symbol of their cause that it would someday make its way into t...
Suppose I declare that I am a king. Should you be required to address me as “Your Majesty”? You say, “Williams, that’s lunacy! You can’t prove such nonsense.” You’re wro...
Suddenly forced to determine the fates of their two top leaders, Virginians have become a laboratory experiment in how to weigh difficult-to-prove charges against public...
Let’s be clear. The deafening chorus of Democrats and Republicans calling for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to step down over that blackface picture has little to do with ...
