Why I became a conservative

by Ellis Washington -- Harvard University, circa 1988 The party, as the kids say today, "was on and poppin'." My friend, Leon Betchett, a second-year law student, and I were so pumped-up more…

Calling all criminals: Come to Detroit!

by Ellis Washington -- We are in the middle of shift change. Maybe you should call 911 again. ~ Detroit Police 911 Operator's response to a citizen in distress NOTICE: Calling all more…

Alan Dershowitz's apology for Spitzer

by Ellis Washington -- These laws [criminalizing adult consensual prostitution] may be sins, but there are no real victims, except for family members. ~ Alan Dershowitz I first met Alan Dershowitz 20 more…

Reagan vindicated: SDI works

by Ellis Washington -- Reagan's SDI was a very successful blackmail. … The Soviet Union tried to keep up pace with the U.S. military buildup, but the Soviet economy couldn't endure such more…

KKK or KKK (Kwame 'Klan' Kilpatrick)?

by Ellis Washington -- Sometimes our talent can take us places our character cannot keep us. ~ Mildred Gaddis, host "The Mildred Gaddis Show," WCHB-1200 AM, Detroit When someone shows you who more…

Today's unborn blacks: More vulnerable than slaves

by Ellis Washington -- Power concedes nothing without a demand. ~ Frederick Douglass Prologue While I fully realize that the subject of abortion is an unspoken blasphemy in polite company, nevertheless during more…

Detroit's middle-finger salute

by Ellis Washington -- I could see tension between the city blacks and the Detroit police increasing rapidly. Black militants and black radicals made their voices ring in rebellion. STRESS became a more…

Cornel West and Clarence Thomas

by Ellis Washington -- But I know that the vote of nine out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of more…

Detroit rapper: Our mayor's a murderer

by Ellis Washington -- ... Gotta make her disappear dog, no exceptions, find out where she lives and conceal the weapon. ~ Detroit rapper "The Virus," "Strawberry Letter 313/If I Did It" more…