Some Congress members to donate their salary during the shutdown, but that’s a drop in the bucket
Whenever people talk about terrorists, they call them crazy– crazy for believing that they’ll end up in paradise after blowing
Read more
Karen DeWitt has a long distinguished career as a journalist, covering politics, but also has worked on political campaigns. She compares the later to the labor of a Hebrew working for the Pharaoh. She’s covered the White House and the national politics for The New York Times; foreign affairs and the White House for USA TODAY before joining that newspaper’s management as an assistant managing editor. She switched to television as a senior producer for ABC’s Nightline, where she wrote and produced the award-winning, Found Voices about the digitization of 1930s and 1940s interviews with former slaves. She returned to newspapers, as Washington editor for the Examiner newspaper and eventually left to help on local political campaigns. She has several blogs, but contributes mostly to a food blog called “I don’t speak cuisine” at peacecorpsworldwide.org and theroot.com.
Author: Karen DeWitt
Zimmerman trial: No justice for blacks
When I told my 91-year old mother about the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in the killing of 17-year
Read moreBoston Marathon: ‘April is the cruelest month’
Riveted by news reports about the two explosions that rocked the finish line of Monday’s Boston Marathon and left at
Read moreGay Marriage: Why not support it?
I support marriage equality. What’s not to support. Two people fall in love and they want to get married, so
Read morePentagon lifts ban on women in combat and it’s about time
The Pentagon’s groundbreaking decision to lift the U.S. military’s official ban on women in combat actually acknowledges the reality that
Read morePresident Obama’s ban on assault weapons is the right move
In April 1999, two teenagers at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorad0, went on a killing spree at their suburban
Read moreGOP: Get your act together and find rational alternatives that appeal to all Americans
My boss at a major civil rights coalition once accused me of being willing to work for Republicans. “You’re right,”
Read moreMr. Romney, how about ‘Binders full of Americans?’
Since I don’t watch political debates, what I get out of them is the verbal flotsam and jetsam that make
Read moreWhy I won’t watch the debates
I didn’t watch the first one, I didn’t watch the second, and I won’t be watching the third of the
Read moreIndia’s blackout left millions without power: Could America be next?
In the wake of India’s recent 50 percent electrical outage with more than 600 million residents losing power, more Americans
Read more