Author: By Miller Hudson

“Kicking the can down the road” is an aging aphorism that retains its cultural relevance largely because it is so self-explanatory. Kids rarely kick cans along our highways today for fear of being flattened by speeding traffic. Can kicking is best pursued down rarely traveled, dirt roads with the protruding rocks and ruts that unpredictably…

With Christmas behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to New Year’s. Don’t be fooled by the chubby cherubs in diapers wearing a sash proclaiming 2023 — they may not be your friend despite their winsome smiles. If you’ve been thinking next year will be your year, you may wish to reconsider. Though the economy…

Comprehending the grievances of anti-woke apostles on the right requires more than a little study of 20th century political theory. Daniel Bell was a popular Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard when he wrote, ‘The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism’ in 1976. His volume was selected as one of the hundred most influential books published during…

Earlier this year I stumbled across one of those factoids that seems surprising yet appears to be true. Atlanta is the second-largest black majority metropolis on the planet, trailing only Lagos, Nigeria. This leapt to mind as I awaited election results confirming Georgia’s re-election of Rev. Raphael Warnock to a full, six-year Senate term. The…

The final act in the 2022 midterm elections will soon be behind us — either Raphael Warnock or Herschel Walker will win the right to serve as a United States senator from Georgia, with political implications both profound and trivial. For Denver voters, the never-ending political circus will swiftly move on to the mayor’s race, as…

For half a century Joe Biden has been the “Where’s Waldo?” of American politics. Look closely enough and you can usually discern his fingerprints on major legislative initiatives across recent decades — from the “Violence against Women Act” to the 1990s ban on automatic weapons. Yet his political journey has not been without its periodic calamaties.…