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President Biden and the Black vote

LARRY SMITH - December 15, 2023

When it comes to the way in which African Americans are likely to vote in the 2024 presidential election, history suggests that President Joe...

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Racism on campus

LARRY SMITH - December 7, 2023

Protests have erupted on college campuses in the wake of Hamas’ October 7th terrorist attack on Israel. Verbal and even physical assaults on Jewish...

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Senator Young takes a stand

LARRY SMITH - November 16, 2023

Several weeks ago, I wrote a column in which I advocated the abolition of legacy admissions to colleges and universities. (In this context, “legacy”...

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Because I said so

LARRY SMITH - November 9, 2023

What would you do with a phenomenally successful anti-disease program that has saved an estimated 25 million lives – adults and children – in...

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He was a bad mother…

LARRY SMITH - November 2, 2023

Ossie Davis, the only man to eulogize both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., said of the former at his funeral: “Malcolm was...

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Homecoming

LARRY SMITH - October 26, 2023

Recently I had the privilege of spending a week in the West African nation of Ghana with a group of clergy and academicians. For...

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Hold your fire

LARRY SMITH - October 19, 2023

I have concluded that the most important emotion in our world is not love; it is empathy. Growing up in church, I frequently heard...

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Playing the game

LARRY SMITH - September 28, 2023

The tragically named American Alliance For Equal Rights succeeded in getting its fellow travelers on the Supreme Court to strike down affirmative action –...

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