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Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. Most articles about her death said something like, "Houston struggled with drug and alcohol problems for years ..." But Houston also struggled with something else that black Republicans and black non-Democrats can understand: ridicule and ostracism for "selling out," or "acting white," or not being "black enough." Ebony, the black monthly magazine, wrote about the then-27-year-old: "Black disc jockeys have chided her for 'not having soul' and being 'too white.' ... She was booed at the Soul Train Music Awards. ... It's enough to drive a good Christian girl to drink, drugs...

As Person of the Year, Time magazine named "The Protester." The subhead read, "From the Arab Spring to Athens, From Occupy Wall Street to Moscow." Well, yes, but what about the lack of American black protesters? Good Lord, where is the racial diversity/inclusion/proportional representation? Back in the day, the Tea Party's alleged lack of black participants was beyond worrisome to the media. The lack of black faces in the crowd allowed the major media to describe the Tea Party as racially exclusionary, if not ... racist! "Some of them in Congress right now with this Tea Party movement," said Rep....

After 15 years on KABC-AM (790) in Los Angeles, afternoon drive host Larry Elder told his listeners on Thursday that Friday will be his last day. Elder said “We've been together in joy & sorrow. Good economies & bad. So it’s with sadness I must tell you that KABC management & I have decided that (Friday) will be my last broadcast on KABC.” Elder left a message on his website, but did not release any details. KABC announced that Al Rantel will take over afternoon drive (3-7pm), followed by the syndicated Curtis Sliwa from 7-10pm local time, the syndicated Mark...

Larry Elder, a Los Angeles based radio talk show host, has fired another salvo into the credibility of Leftwing propagandist, blowhard, and "disingenuous filmmaker" Michael Moore. Elder is scheduled to release a new documentary entitled "Michael & Me" which counters Moore's deceiptful documentary "Bowling for Columbine. Elder ambushes Moore and asks him tough questions about gun control. Moore is visibly frustrated during the encounter. "Michael & Me" will premiere Friday, September 10th at the Dallas based "American Film Renaissance", the first film festival for conservatives.