“[T]he uprising in Ferguson was an inevitable reaction to the institutional racism coursing through the area for decades.” — Jack Kirkland I’m homeless. At this writing, I’ve been homeless for exactly 3½ years. When you meet a homeless man for the first time, you won’t notice his skin color. Not first. You’ll notice the condition he’s in. You’ll notice his clothes, his grooming, his conduct. Skin color is so far down the list, it might as well be left off completely. Som

———— ♦ ———— Three thoughts on tohu (chaos) and tikkun (order) Wednesday 2014-10-15 Danny keeps breaking up his phones. Last night he had two of them. One of them, he’d bought just that morning. He said, “The guy at the store said, ‘This is the fifth one this month.'” Note: Thank God, these are not “Obamaphones.” He’s paying for them. Related: Easily breakable Next: This morbidly obese first-timer, last night, left garbage (sic) in the smoke pit, ignoring a trash can eight fee

At the risk of copyright violation, I’m reproducing the whole text; from here. Published August 26, 2014 | O’Reilly Factor | Bill O’Reilly By Bill O’Reilly Last night on The Factor, Megyn Kelly and I debated the concept of white privilege whereby some believe that if you are Caucasian you have inherent advantages in America. Talking Points does not, does not believe in white privilege. However, there is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding