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Cohen too got away with a lot of shit for many years, plus he is not the POTUS. You just don't get rid of the President without due process. This means procecutors will proceed deliberately and carefully -- which means slowly.

@Pioneer1 wow - just wow. I was coming back to this board to commend you on your perspective about information really boils down to whom we trust. I had to look at my own behavior and preferences, and you're correct. If I don't know something from experience - I go to the source I trust the most. I realized this is especially true in our current political climate. Especially with 45* doing his best to undermine the information sources that most Americans trust... I was like wow - Pioneer showed me my blindspot... (applause) AND THEN you had to go and write something like this... SMH (shaking my head)... welp.

The Cooking Gene by Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty is The 2018 James Beard Award (non-cookbook) winner. As much as I can't stand awards I have to give them a second look now because without hearing that Twitty won the award I would not have heard of this book - which I now absolutely must have on my bookshelf. I love to cook but I especially love to cook the foods that are indigenous to my family. Anyway, I found this interview from Mr. Twitty and African Ancestry's co-founder Dr. Gina Paige and it too is delightful!!!

Mahogany books did a signing with him last year: I'd previous watched an interview with him. Let us know what you think of the book. I should probably create a top 10 list of cook books: https://aalbc.com/top10/

I like your longer more thoughtful posts @Delano It takes a cetrain type of person the go to the Paradise Garage any night let alone gay night. :-) There is book that im adding to the site tonight that talks about the village and how it has been changed because artists and the like can no longer afford to live there. This is happening all over the city... it is a shame too because tbe city is losing its distinct character traded in for Starbucks and Amazon home delivery. I let my home serve as a green room for a pride event it really was an incredible event the variety of people who came through was just remarkable.... I know that is a side bar, but your thoughts triggered these memories. Maybe you are a racist; Not a lynch-a-nigger, genocidal racist, but someone who simply perfers others who are more like them maybe it is human nature. But thoughts are one thing and actions are an entirely different thing and you defintely don't behave like a racist. I think that is all that matters

Troy you have your position and I have a different one. Which is a function of the differences in our lives. I'll give you an example as kids the biggest insult was to call another guy a faggot. However the same kids went to the Paradise Garage. They were underage boys and we're let in on Gay night. Later on I was in a relationship with a bisexual feminist. She said that was bigotry. To me at the time it was just words but I could hear her. I have had illuminating conversations with Lesbians and Gay men. About domestic violence amongst lesbians. Black Gay men have talked about their being a sexual fetish to Gay white men while also being discriminated against. I have heard white women say that if they are alone, they fear white men more than black men. I have heard women admit to me in private that they find babies of another race more beautiful. I have had strangers and people I know unburden their hearts and minds. Then tell me they never told anyone that story. However I am neither capable more prepared to distill those moments that changed my world view. I am not suggesting that you can't , won't or even should. I am just acknowledging some gaps can't be bridged. Recently I have decided that certain points can't really be discussed. My turning point was being called a racist because I mentioned white privilege.