Commentary by Earl Ofari Hutchinson WASHINGTON – GOP strategists are giddy over the new census figures, which show that, based on population shifts over the past decade, a substantial number of new congressional and state legislative seats will be carved out in Texas and other western and southwestern states. At the same time, the shift [...]

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Hallelujah! President Obama finally did what everyone with an eye and an ear has been screaming at him to do for the past year. And that’s hit back, and hit back hard against the GOP. No more mister nice guy, no more courtly gestures, no more personal and political diplomacy, no [...]

Commentary By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Many pundits and politicians critical of Obama have been saying that the scheduled Iraq withdrawal is much less than meets the eye. Their points of criticism are that 50,000 troops will stay in the country, at a cost of billions more in U.S. tax dollars, and there’s no firm guarantee [...]

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Embattled Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel sure knows how to come up with a zinger. Speaking to reporters during a recent tour of a Harlem hospital, Rangel said that it would “unpatriotic” for him to resign despite calls from some for him to do just that. Rangel faces a pile of charges [...]