Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.
The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their basic needs in their retirement years.
Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted.
Partisanship particularly increased after the 1994 elections and then the appearance of the first unified Republican government since the 1950s.
Big Brother is on the march. A plan to subject all children to mental health screening is underway, and the pharmaceuticals are gearing up for bigger sales of psychotropic drugs.
As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
It was a show that you played at home and you're saying to the contestant do this and do that. When you at home are involved in yelling at the screen, then you know you've got an audience.
I always want objects in my home that have a connection to me or something I've loved. It's still stuff, but it's stuff that has meaning.
As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours.
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
Because I'm a young black man driving a really nice, expensive car, I sometimes get harassed when I'm rolling through a ghetto neighbourhood.
I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
You know my father as governor, as president, but I knew him as dad. I was so proud to have the Reagan name and to be Ronald Reagan's son.
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
But, I understand that Black Comb and Whistler are supposed to be great for snowboarding. So I am looking forward to going there someday soon.
