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class="cnn_sdbxcntnt cnn_spccovcbx1"> <h4 class="cnn_h4" id="cnn_LatestStories">Latest Stories</h4> <div class="cnn_divline cnn_skn_strylst_divline"></div> <div id="archive-display-page"> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/opinion/granderson-boston-safety/index.html">It can happen anywhere</a><span time="1366073614" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Apr 15 2013 20:53:34</span> </h2> <p>If September 11, 2001, was the day everything changed, then April 15, 2013, serves as another reminder of that change, of our frailties and of a new reality in which "it can't happen here" has been replaced by "it can happen anywhere."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/15/opinion/granderson-boston-safety/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/opinion/granderson-brad-paisley/index.html">Brad Paisley's risky song on race</a><span time="1365523923" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Apr 09 2013 12:12:03</span> </h2> <p>In 2009, Brad Paisley released the song "Welcome to the Future" from his album "American Saturday Night."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/09/opinion/granderson-brad-paisley/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/opinion/granderson-interracial-marriage/index.html">Bigotry drags marriage back to Supreme Court</a><span time="1364399216" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Mar 27 2013 11:46:56</span> </h2> <p>Late one night, in the summer of 1958, three police officers opened an unlocked door of a small home in rural Virginia, walked into the bedroom and pointed a flashlight at a couple sleeping in the bed.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/opinion/granderson-interracial-marriage/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/opinion/granderson-gop-racism/index.html">GOP, confront your racism problem </a><span time="1363727778" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 19 2013 17:16:18</span> </h2> <p>When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he reportedly said Democrats would lose the South for a generation. At the time, 115 of the 128 senators and representatives from the 11 former Confederate states were white Democrats.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/opinion/granderson-gop-racism/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/granderson-men-work-balance/index.html">Men don't have it all either</a><span time="1363173573" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Mar 13 2013 07:19:33</span> </h2> <p>Can women have it all?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/granderson-men-work-balance/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/granderson-dixie-chicks/index.html">10 years later, Dixie Chicks right all along</a><span time="1362504447" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 05 2013 12:27:27</span> </h2> <p>Two days past 18</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/opinion/granderson-dixie-chicks/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/20/opinion/granderson-college-majors/index.html">Governors, stop bashing liberal arts</a><span time="1361377602" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Feb 20 2013 11:26:42</span> </h2> <p>It seems everyone knows a college degree is important but few have a plan to keep it affordable.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/20/opinion/granderson-college-majors/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/opinion/granderson-rubio-vawa/index.html">Rubio missed the year of the woman</a><span time="1360774458" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Feb 13 2013 11:54:18</span> </h2> <p>You would think that in the shadow of a general election dubbed "Year of the Woman," the last thing any Republican in Washington would want to do is tick off women.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/13/opinion/granderson-rubio-vawa/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/granderson-obama-skeet-shooting/index.html">Obama, stop trying to appease unfair critics</a><span time="1360014987" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 04 2013 16:56:27</span> </h2> <p>When then Sen. Obama was running for president, many of his critics accused him of being a Muslim -- as if being a Muslim in a country that prides itself for its freedom of religion is a bad thing.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/granderson-obama-skeet-shooting/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinion/granderson-guns-waiting/index.html">More gun mayhem -- and yet we wait for action</a><span time="1359675191" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Jan 31 2013 18:33:11</span> </h2> <p>On Tuesday, a man identified by authorities as Jimmy Lee Dykes boarded a school bus as it stopped to drop off children and demanded two students. Police say that when the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland, refused, Dykes -- who was arrested last month, accused of shooting at neighbors in a dispute over a speed bump -- shot Poland four times, killing him. As I'm writing this, he is in a standoff with police, who say he's holding someone's 5-year-old boy hostage in his underground doomsday bunker.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinion/granderson-guns-waiting/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/opinion/granderson-joe-biden-chances/index.html">Joe, make way for Hillary</a><span time="1359475674" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jan 29 2013 11:07:54</span> </h2> <p>Watching the President Obama-Hillary Clinton love fest on "60 Minutes" was more like witnessing an infomercial than an interview.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/opinion/granderson-joe-biden-chances/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/granderson-obama-gay-rights/index.html">Bob Schieffer must be straight</a><span time="1358887447" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jan 22 2013 15:44:07</span> </h2> <p>Well, that settles it: CBS' Bob Schieffer must be straight.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/22/opinion/granderson-obama-gay-rights/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/opinion/granderson-movie-violence-globes/index.html">Despite Newtown, we crave violent movies</a><span time="1358183405" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Jan 14 2013 12:10:05</span> </h2> <p>The first statuette of the 70th annual Golden Globe awards went to Christoph Waltz, whose character in "Django Unchained" shot two men and a horse in two scenes before I even opened my box of M&M's.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/14/opinion/granderson-movie-violence-globes/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/19/opinion/granderson-guns-in-schools/index.html">Teachers with guns is a crazy idea</a><span time="1355920722" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Dec 19 2012 07:38:42</span> </h2> <p>I wish I were surprised that Texas Gov. Rick Perry doesn't see a problem with concealed weapons in schools, but after watching his failed bid for the presidency, the truth is there's very little that man can say that will truly surprise me.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/19/opinion/granderson-guns-in-schools/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/opinion/granderson-children-safe/index.html">Parents' promise: I will keep you safe</a><span time="1355581598" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat Dec 15 2012 09:26:38</span> </h2> <p>December 13, 1996.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/opinion/granderson-children-safe/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/opinion/granderson-football-drunken-driving/index.html">Drunken driving is not about the NFL</a><span time="1355249050" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Dec 11 2012 13:04:10</span> </h2> <p>Over the past few days we've heard a lot of criticism directed at the National Football League after the arrest of a Dallas Cowboy player on an intoxication manslaughter charge. And justifiably so: A 25-year-old father-to-be who was riding in the player's car is dead.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/11/opinion/granderson-football-drunken-driving/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/opinion/granderson-rihanna-brown/index.html">Rihanna making a bad decision?</a><span time="1354711201" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Dec 05 2012 07:40:01</span> </h2> <p>Recently it has seemed that every other tweet or Instagram posted by pop star Rihanna taunts the public with an uncomfortable thought: Singer Chris Brown, the man who beat her so badly in 2009 that was she was almost unrecognizable, may once again be her lover.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/05/opinion/granderson-rihanna-brown/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/opinion/granderson-bush-clinton-2016/index.html">For 2016, Bush vs. Clinton</a><span time="1354017913" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 27 2012 07:05:13</span> </h2> <p>For all of our post-2012 election talk about the changing culture, the changing demographics and, perhaps, a changing party, preliminary thoughts out of D.C. about the 2016 election have us headed toward not much change at all: Clinton vs Bush ... again.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/opinion/granderson-bush-clinton-2016/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/20/opinion/granderson-pink-music/index.html">Pink, a true pop artist</a><span time="1353431787" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 20 2012 12:16:27</span> </h2> <p>One day, many years from now, future generations will look back at this time in our country's history and wonder what in the hell were we thinking.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/20/opinion/granderson-pink-music/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/13/opinion/granderson-democrats/index.html">Democrats, don't get too cocky</a><span time="1352834019" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 13 2012 14:13:39</span> </h2> <p>While there is still a lot of talk about how the Republican Party needs to reinvent itself, Democrats should keep in mind they could use a touch-up themselves.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/13/opinion/granderson-democrats/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/opinion/granderson-legalize-pot/index.html">Why not legalize pot?</a><span time="1351572382" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Oct 30 2012 00:46:22</span> </h2> <p>I have smoked pot.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/30/opinion/granderson-legalize-pot/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/opinion/granderson-common-sense/index.html">Stop coddling people who behave badly</a><span time="1350565003" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Oct 18 2012 08:56:43</span> </h2> <p>I am conflicted about the YouTube video clip of 25-year-old Shidea Lane getting punched in the face by a male bus driver in Cleveland. So many words come to mind, but I have to admit that "victim" isn't one of them.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/opinion/granderson-common-sense/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/13/opinion/granderson-affirmative-action/index.html">What's wrong with affirmative action -- and why we need it</a><span time="1350138914" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat Oct 13 2012 10:35:14</span> </h2> <p>If I had a nickel each time a white guy e-mails or tweets that I have my job because I'm black, I wouldn't need the job, because I'd be rich.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/13/opinion/granderson-affirmative-action/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/opinion/granderson-reparative-therapy/index.html">Oops, I left my sexual orientation at home</a><span time="1349267656" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Oct 03 2012 08:34:16</span> </h2> <p>This morning, I decided to wear jeans.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/opinion/granderson-reparative-therapy/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/opinion/granderson-romney-trust/index.html">Romney hasn't earned our trust</a><span time="1347450607" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Sep 12 2012 07:50:07</span> </h2> <p>Over the past couple of weeks, I have been asking random people who identify as Republicans if they trust Mitt Romney, and each of them gave me an answer like this -- "I trust him more than I trust Obama." It's just a long winded way of saying "no."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/12/opinion/granderson-romney-trust/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/granderson-sports-school/index.html">Why do school sports start before classes do?</a><span time="1344430088" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Aug 08 2012 08:48:08</span> </h2> <p>The first "cup" was used in hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/08/opinion/granderson-sports-school/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/opinion/granderson-chick-fil-a/index.html">The right way and the wrong way to protest Chick-fil-A</a><span time="1343734457" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jul 31 2012 07:34:17</span> </h2> <p>Not since that cranky old lady asked "where's the beef?" has a fast food chain had an ad as funny as the Chick-fil-A cows begging people to "Eat Mor Chikin."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/opinion/granderson-chick-fil-a/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/opinion/granderson-christians/index.html">When Christians are their own worst enemies</a><span time="1343130590" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jul 24 2012 07:49:50</span> </h2> <p>For all of the rhetoric about Christianity being under attack in this country, oftentimes it feels no one does a better job of hurting Christianity than the people who call themselves Christians. Especially after a national tragedy.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/opinion/granderson-christians/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/opinion/granderson-mississippi-abortion/index.html">Mississippi's end run around abortion</a><span time="1342047762" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Jul 11 2012 19:02:42</span> </h2> <p>Mississippi may be the fattest state in the country. And it may be among the least educated and have provided the backdrop to some of the country's most heinous displays of racism.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/11/opinion/granderson-mississippi-abortion/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/opinion/granderson-not-special/index.html">Kid, you are not special</a><span time="1339502969" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jun 12 2012 08:09:29</span> </h2> <p>When my son was in middle school, I remember attending one of his school band concerts that wasn't very good.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/opinion/granderson-not-special/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/opinion/granderson-poverty-health/index.html">Poor and fat: The real class war</a><span time="1338899349" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jun 05 2012 08:29:09</span> </h2> <p>Over the past year we've heard a lot about class warfare, the "Buffett Rule" and the tax code and so on. But if you want to see a blatant form of poor vs. rich, walk into a grocery store. Here we are forced to decide between what's good for our kids and what we can afford to feed them.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/opinion/granderson-poverty-health/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/opinion/granderson-black-and-gay/index.html">No contradiction: I'm black and gay</a><span time="1337688492" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue May 22 2012 08:08:12</span> </h2> <p>It feels as if I've been living a double life all of these years, and I do not want to deceive you, or myself, any longer. The burden has become too heavy, the struggle to deny my true self, too great.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/22/opinion/granderson-black-and-gay/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/opinion/granderson-campaign-finances/index.html">In election, 'a seat at the table' costs $5,000</a><span time="1337082422" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue May 15 2012 07:47:02</span> </h2> <p>President Obama appeared at two recent fundraisers with some serious sticker shock.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/15/opinion/granderson-campaign-finances/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/10/opinion/granderson-romney-obama-gay-rights/index.html">Will Romney use gay marriage issue against Obama?</a><span time="1336661609" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu May 10 2012 10:53:29</span> </h2> <p>For the better part of four years, voters have said the No. 1 issue is the economy.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/10/opinion/granderson-romney-obama-gay-rights/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/opinion/granderson-obama-same-sex-marriage/index.html">Obama keeps his conscience in the closet</a><span time="1336475887" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue May 08 2012 07:18:07</span> </h2> <p>Let's be clear about one thing: Vice President Joe Biden's recent comment about being OK with marriage equality did not place the president in a difficult situation.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/opinion/granderson-obama-same-sex-marriage/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/01/opinion/granderson-hope-and-change/index.html">Why 'Hope and Change' is dead, 'Forward' lives</a><span time="1335878971" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue May 01 2012 09:29:31</span> </h2> <p>During the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that President Obama laughed at, but that you could see was just killing him inside.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/01/opinion/granderson-hope-and-change/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/opinion/granderson-gay-den-leader/index.html">Boy Scouts feel a mother's wrath</a><span time="1335282810" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Apr 24 2012 11:53:30</span> </h2> <p>Jennifer Tyrrell dislikes public speaking so much that when she was in high school, she almost failed marketing because she didn't want to speak in front of the class.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/opinion/granderson-gay-den-leader/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/opinion/granderson-nugent/index.html">Ted Nugent should be in jail</a><span time="1334790179" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Apr 18 2012 19:02:59</span> </h2> <p>Ted Nugent should be arrested.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/18/opinion/granderson-nugent/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/opinion/granderson-son-debit-card/index.html">The best thing I've done for my son</a><span time="1334661724" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Apr 17 2012 07:22:04</span> </h2> <p>We do a lot for -- and to -- our children in the name of parenting. I know when I get it kinda right, I know when I get it mostly wrong, and I know when I've been lucky. I will tell you that giving my teenage son a debit check card last summer was the best thing I've ever done for him. I will also tell you that move was pure luck.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/opinion/granderson-son-debit-card/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/opinion/granderson-violence-race/index.html">Violence and race: a two-way street</a><span time="1334144446" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Apr 11 2012 07:40:46</span> </h2> <p>Within the next day or two we could hear from the special prosecutor's office about her decision on whether to charge George Zimmerman.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/11/opinion/granderson-violence-race/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/opinion/granderson-madonna/index.html">Why Madonna still leads, others follow</a><span time="1333712885" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Apr 06 2012 07:48:05</span> </h2> <p>I thought she was over. Madonna, that is.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/06/opinion/granderson-madonna/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion/granderson-black-panthers-trayvon/index.html">Justice, not revenge, for Trayvon</a><span time="1332848188" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 27 2012 07:36:28</span> </h2> <p>As the rallies for Trayvon Martin grow, as the media coverage surrounding the tragedy deepens and as the calls for justice get louder, we all must remember one thing: Revenge and justice are not the same thing.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/27/opinion/granderson-black-panthers-trayvon/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/granderson-florida-shootings/index.html">Why black people don't trust the police</a><span time="1332457567" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Mar 22 2012 19:06:07</span> </h2> <p>I don't trust cops and I don't know many black people who do.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/22/opinion/granderson-florida-shootings/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/13/opinion/granderson-hustling-for-work/index.html">The fastest-growing job in America</a><span time="1331643117" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 13 2012 08:51:57</span> </h2> <p>I have a good friend in New York who turned the upstairs of her house into a bed and breakfast to help make ends meet -- a great idea on paper. My girlfriend was not a morning person. But she is now -- up and making breakfast with a smile -- because she likes the lights staying on more than she dislikes alarm clocks. She also has a consulting company and gives speeches.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/13/opinion/granderson-hustling-for-work/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/06/opinion/granderson-obama-iran/index.html">Will Iran cost Obama the presidency?</a><span time="1331036794" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Mar 06 2012 07:26:34</span> </h2> <p>I'm sure if President Barack Obama were stuck between a rock and a hard place, that would be preferable to the spot he currently finds himself in.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/06/opinion/granderson-obama-iran/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/opinion/granderson-crazy-gop-lineup/index.html">Republicans' war on common sense</a><span time="1330433983" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 28 2012 07:59:43</span> </h2> <p>In politics, we're all used to seeing various "cards" being played to fire up voters and gain the upper hand. </p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/28/opinion/granderson-crazy-gop-lineup/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/21/opinion/granderson-border-security-canada/index.html">Does 'secure the border' mean 'keep America white'?</a><span time="1329827653" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 21 2012 07:34:13</span> </h2> <p>In case you plan to see Wednesday's GOP debate, allow me to offer up some crib notes so you don't get lost.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/21/opinion/granderson-border-security-canada/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/14/opinion/granderson-romney-michigan/index.html">Michigan to Romney: Go away</a><span time="1329222988" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 14 2012 07:36:28</span> </h2> <p>One very clear reason why Mitt Romney is far from a lock to win the Michigan primary, despite his ties to the state, is that he's not really tied to the state.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/14/opinion/granderson-romney-michigan/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/13/opinion/granderson-whitney-houston/index.html">Whitney's death: Sad, but no shock</a><span time="1329153834" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 13 2012 12:23:54</span> </h2> <p>I had just pulled up in front of my hotel in Los Angeles when I heard Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, just a few blocks from where I was staying. I sat motionless in the car for a brief moment, not in shock, but temporarily paralyzed by a profound sense of sadness.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/13/opinion/granderson-whitney-houston/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/opinion/granderson-welfare-strip-club-law/index.html">'Strip club bill' a no-brainer</a><span time="1328621406" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 07 2012 08:30:06</span> </h2> <p>I believe it was the great American philosopher Kenny Rogers, who, while meditating on the nuances of Darwinism, gave the world this piece of advice:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/opinion/granderson-welfare-strip-club-law/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/opinion/granderson-boys-girls/index.html">Who says raising boys is easier?</a><span time="1328028511" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jan 31 2012 11:48:31</span> </h2> <p>My son had barely taken his first breath when the people in the hospital started telling me how lucky I was. </p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/opinion/granderson-boys-girls/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/opinion/granderson-paterno-conflicted/index.html">Mourning Joe Paterno, a flawed hero</a><span time="1327326717" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Jan 23 2012 08:51:57</span> </h2> <p>I am sitting here in front of my computer, looking at the headline that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has died, and I honestly don't know how or what I should feel. If he had passed a year ago, it would be a no-brainer. For a World War II soldier who dedicated more than 50 years to one institution and one wife during a time in which examples of both grow rarer by the decade, it seems flags should be flown at half staff.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/opinion/granderson-paterno-conflicted/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/granderson-speak-to-an-agent/index.html">I want to speak to an agent</a><span time="1324989030" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Dec 27 2011 07:30:30</span> </h2> <p>Speak to an agent.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/opinion/granderson-speak-to-an-agent/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/13/opinion/granderson-poor-families/index.html">Gingrich has it wrong about the poor</a><span time="1323784687" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Dec 13 2011 08:58:07</span> </h2> <p>My mother and stepfather both held full-time jobs and it wasn't unusual for them to work overtime. Sometimes days would go by when I wouldn't see my stepfather because he was working a double shift on consecutive days.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/13/opinion/granderson-poor-families/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/06/opinion/granderson-hillary-clinton/index.html">Could Hillary Clinton be Obama's ace in the hole?</a><span time="1323175845" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Dec 06 2011 07:50:45</span> </h2> <p>Here is what the election next year is about: the fence-sitters, the independent voters. At this point, there is not much President Barack Obama can say that will win over conservatives, and given the current GOP field, he doesn't have to worry too much about losing liberals. But what can he say to convince the middle to give him four more years?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/06/opinion/granderson-hillary-clinton/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/29/opinion/granderson-health-care/index.html">Don't repeal Americans' health care lifeline</a><span time="1322569708" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 29 2011 07:28:28</span> </h2> <p>I had been wrestling with eye redness for weeks. After trying nearly every brand of over-the-counter eyedrops available, I finally decided to see a doctor.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/29/opinion/granderson-health-care/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/opinion/granderson-fat-weaves/index.html">Two words men should avoid with women</a><span time="1322227757" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Nov 25 2011 08:29:17</span> </h2> <p>I don't know if it's sexism or wisdom or just plain fear, but men have been socialized to avoid saying two words in the presence of women.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/25/opinion/granderson-fat-weaves/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/22/opinion/granderson-gingrich-president-character/index.html">Is Newt Gingrich too mean to win?</a><span time="1321965165" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 22 2011 07:32:45</span> </h2> <p>I'm going to assume anyone who heard about Newt Gingrich's proposal to ease child labor laws and still wants him to be president doesn't have kids.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/22/opinion/granderson-gingrich-president-character/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/opinion/granderson-america-without-heroes/index.html">America, a nation without heroes</a><span time="1321363906" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 15 2011 08:31:46</span> </h2> <p>I am a big-time news junkie but there are days in which I don't turn on the television because I don't want to find out who's next.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/opinion/granderson-america-without-heroes/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/opinion/granderson-country-music-race/index.html">Why can't country music deal with race?</a><span time="1320754983" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 08 2011 07:23:03</span> </h2> <p>On November 8, 1965, 48 American soldiers lost their lives during "Operation Hump" after the 400 men of the 173 Airborne Brigade were ambushed by roughly 1,200 Viet Cong fighters.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/08/opinion/granderson-country-music-race/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/opinion/granderson-right-lane/index.html">Slow drivers, get out of our way</a><span time="1320147711" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Nov 01 2011 07:41:51</span> </h2> <p>There is a place for people who enjoy soaking in the beautiful colors of fall and all the other amazing scenes of nature as they drive down the open highway.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/opinion/granderson-right-lane/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/opinion/granderson-coach-rant/index.html">Rehire the coach who cursed at his players</a><span time="1319813344" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Oct 28 2011 10:49:04</span> </h2> <p>If you haven't heard the audio clip of high school football coach Shawn Abel going off, you need to take two minutes out of your life to do so.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/28/opinion/granderson-coach-rant/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/opinion/granderson-what-do-you-do/index.html">The question on everyone's mind</a><span time="1319542545" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Oct 25 2011 07:35:45</span> </h2> <p>There isn't a question that's more quintessentially American than "What do you do for a living?"</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/opinion/granderson-what-do-you-do/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/20/opinion/granderson-spirit-day/index.html">Wear purple today to support gay rights</a><span time="1319131741" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Oct 20 2011 13:29:01</span> </h2> <p>This will sound a bit strange, I know, but whenever I walk into a grocery store, I have to decide whether or not I feel like telling the cashier I'm gay.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/20/opinion/granderson-spirit-day/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/opinion/granderson-divine-campaigns/index.html">Who does God want in the White House?</a><span time="1318936654" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Oct 18 2011 07:17:34</span> </h2> <p>Vote for me or burn in hell.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/opinion/granderson-divine-campaigns/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/opinion/granderson-herman-cain/index.html">Cain rises by slamming race</a><span time="1318599067" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Fri Oct 14 2011 09:31:07</span> </h2> <p>It seems fitting that Herman Cain has surged into the top tier of the GOP candidates just as "Celebrity Apprentice" announces its new cast for the upcoming season.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/14/opinion/granderson-herman-cain/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/11/opinion/granderson-air-travel-absurdity/index.html">TSA on lookout for big hair and snow globes</a><span time="1318334886" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Oct 11 2011 08:08:06</span> </h2> <p>The sign at the airport was so ridiculous, I thought it was a joke.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/11/opinion/granderson-air-travel-absurdity/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/opinion/granderson-palin-presidency/index.html">Sarah Palin proves she's no fool</a><span time="1317903057" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Oct 06 2011 08:10:57</span> </h2> <p>Almost as soon as it was announced that Barack Obama had defeated John McCain in the 2008 general election, most pundits -- and voters, for that matter -- assumed Sarah Palin would be the president's opponent in 2012.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/06/opinion/granderson-palin-presidency/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/opinion/perry-rock-black-community/index.html">Rick Perry's rock -- not our problem</a><span time="1317727762" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Oct 04 2011 07:29:22</span> </h2> <p>The number one song on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop charts this week is a romantic little ditty called "Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay".</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/opinion/perry-rock-black-community/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/opinion/granderson-broken-government-voters/index.html">Stupid voters enable broken government</a><span time="1317123461" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Sep 27 2011 07:37:41</span> </h2> <p>Whenever I visit Washington, I can't help but think this is the town that elected a crackhead as its mayor.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/27/opinion/granderson-broken-government-voters/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/20/opinion/granderson-social-security/index.html">Social Security -- Are you kidding me?</a><span time="1316518204" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Sep 20 2011 07:30:04</span> </h2> <p>I think I stopped trusting the U.S. government right after learning that for 40 years, instead of treating a small group of poor, uneducated people officials had identified as having syphilis, officials not only withheld the diagnosis from them, but the cure as well, just to see what would happen if the disease went untreated.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/20/opinion/granderson-social-security/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/13/opinion/granderson-obama-stimulus/index.html">The word Obama won't dare say</a><span time="1315912947" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Sep 13 2011 07:22:27</span> </h2> <p>Say what you will about the Republican Party's politics, but one thing I think we all can agree on is that they know how to control the message.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/13/opinion/granderson-obama-stimulus/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/06/granderson.life.lesson/index.html">Hug your children while you can</a><span time="1315307758" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Sep 06 2011 07:15:58</span> </h2> <p>Today my heart weeps for Jocelyn and Gary Leonard.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/06/granderson.life.lesson/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/01/granderson.obama.speech/index.html">Boehner disses presidency, and Obama takes it</a><span time="1314890017" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Sep 01 2011 11:13:37</span> </h2> <p>The way I see it, House Speaker John Boehner's eloquent letter to President Obama requesting he push back his address really could have been summed up in two words-- screw you.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/09/01/granderson.obama.speech/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/30/granderson.huntsman/index.html">Huntsman, best candidate for a third party</a><span time="1314707753" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Aug 30 2011 08:35:53</span> </h2> <p>As a voter, aren't you tired of feeling as if you don't really have a choice?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/30/granderson.huntsman/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/23/granderson.education.dream.team/index.html">Parents, time to panic about our kids' education</a><span time="1314099555" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Aug 23 2011 07:39:15</span> </h2> <p>At the 1988 Summer Olympics, the U.S. men's basketball team finished with a bronze medal, its worst finish in 11 appearances and the first time it did not win gold since 1972.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/23/granderson.education.dream.team/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/16/granderson.cain.racism/index.html">Could a black man win the GOP nomination?</a><span time="1313493596" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Aug 16 2011 07:19:56</span> </h2> <p>We have seen Michele Bachmann being asked questions about her relationship with her husband, Marcus.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/16/granderson.cain.racism/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/13/granderson.obama.negative/index.html">If Obama goes negative, he'll lose more than gain</a><span time="1313245091" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat Aug 13 2011 10:18:11</span> </h2> <p>Earlier this week, Politico.com published a story quoting anonymous sources said to be close to the Obama re-election team. In it, the sources said the president's focus in the 2012 campaign will not be on his record but rather on attacking the presumed GOP candidate, Mitt Romney.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/13/granderson.obama.negative/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/09/granderson.date.night/index.html">'Date night' was wrecking my love life</a><span time="1312891346" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Aug 09 2011 08:02:26</span> </h2> <p>I'm sure my partner and I aren't the only busy parents who thought that establishing a time for just the two of us each week was a good idea.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/09/granderson.date.night/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/02/granderson.tea.party.boehner/index.html">Wise up GOP: Ditch the tea party</a><span time="1312285154" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Aug 02 2011 07:39:14</span> </h2> <p>I guess if John Boehner enjoyed his party's in-fighting and hints of mutiny during the debt ceiling talks, then the 15 months leading to the general election will be pure ecstasy because it's likely going to be more of the same.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/02/granderson.tea.party.boehner/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/19/granderson.women.power/index.html">Would female leaders solve debt crisis?</a><span time="1311079109" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jul 19 2011 08:38:29</span> </h2> <p>There have been press conferences and secret meetings.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/19/granderson.women.power/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/12/granderson.bachman/index.html">Michele Bachmann? I just don't get it</a><span time="1310471476" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jul 12 2011 07:51:16</span> </h2> <p>According to recent polls by The Des Moines Register and The Iowa Republican, Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney are in a virtual tie for top of the pack, with Bachmann edging ahead, among caucus-goers.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/12/granderson.bachman/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/05/granderson.bratty.kids/index.html">Permissive parents: Curb your brats</a><span time="1309866502" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Jul 05 2011 07:48:22</span> </h2> <p>If you're the kind of parent who allows your 5-year-old to run rampant in public places like restaurants, I have what could be some rather disturbing news for you.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130509054404/http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/05/granderson.bratty.kids/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="cnn_pagination-pager" id="archive-display-pager"></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="util-right cnn_spcovrghtcol"> <div class="cnn_spccovad336bx cnn_skn_spccovad336bxtop"> <div class="cnn_adspc336cntr"> <table width="336" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center">   <div id="ad-573199" align="center" style="padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 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