It's incredible how rational people try to seem while advocating male circumcision.

All "medical" justifications for circumcision are a lie. They were formulated AFTER circumcision became a regular procedure. Always be wary of a conclusion reached after the fact.

Oh, and 6 out of 7 females who have actually had both types of men)prefer uncircumcised males.

Circumcised males are glorified on TV, in porn, etc., many women SAY they prefer them, and yet have never tried anything different.   more »

QUESTION: Dr. Retail, now that the Democratic presidential race has entered its long, bloody slog phase, I figured it was time to get a fresh perspective. Can you explain to me what it’s all about?

DR. RETAIL: Why do you bother me with simple problems? Listen, the essential competition in many consumer sectors is between commodity providers and experience providers, the companies that just deliver product and the companies that deliver a sensation, too.

There’s Safeway, and then there is Whole Foods. There’s the PC, and then there’s the Mac. There are Holiday Inns, and there are W Hotels. There’s Walgreens, and there’s The Body Shop.

Hillary Clinton is a classic commodity provider. She caters to the less-educated, less-pretentious consumer.   more »

Because of the illusory affluence of conspicuous consumption and the presence of the largest black middle class in history, some of us have bought into the lie of American democracy.

We have become captivated with the idea that we can somehow elect a black president. We have bought into the rhetoric of hope and the audacity of bourgeois hubris.

Sistah Obama was right when she said “If Barack doesn’t win Iowa, it’s just a dream.”

It is a dream because Political Scientist Michael Parenti describes the Presidency as nothing more than a bait and switch game intended to pull the wool over the eyes of the public while slavishly serving the powerful.   more »

"A naval aviator shot down over North Vietnam and held as a POW, McCain knew that freedom was his for the taking. All he had to do was denounce his country. He refused--and, as a consequence, suffered years of unrelenting torture."

This standard summary of McCain's 5 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilton, repeated in thousands of media accounts during his 2000 campaign and again this election year, is the founding myth of his political career.

The tale of John McCain, War Hero, prompts a lot of people turned off by his politics--liberals and traditional conservatives alike--to support him.

Scratch the surface of McCain's captivity narrative, however, and a funny thing happens: The truth blows away like the rust from a vintage POW bracelet.   more »

Pretending to neutrality, he actually "sides with those who say,‘Race is no big deal so let's just get past it.'" Just like Obama.

The young golfing great compares unfavorably with Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other super-athletes who put their fame at the service of the oppressed.

We want him to stand up and stop acting like he was put together by Buick, with Buick parts, and stop acting like being black and a minority in this country has nothing to do with him.

But Woods is the quintessential self-marketer, an excellent PR man, a business person par excellence.

He knows, like his best friend Michael Jordan, that General Motors, Nike, Rolex, American Express, Apple and Gatorade aren't likely to continue to paying the big bucks to a black man with an opinion.   more »