Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.

I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

I am addicted to the printed word, and my idea of a good time is a good book.

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

I do know that there are down-ballot people who have run on the Green Party, and some have been successful.