Bang the Drum Slowly

A newly resurgent Jeremiah Wright has been unleashed on the American viewing public, with cable network channels broadcasting, and subsequently rebroadcasting, his speech to the Detroit NAACP for several hours last night. Today, they'll do the same with his speech at the National Press Club.

It remains to be seen how this will affect Senator Obama's campaign, if at all.

It's likely, however, to be very effective in terms of self promotion.

Maya In the Middle

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, conspicuously absent from his prescheduled events this past week, surfaced last night in a most unexpected place--his home city of Chicago--at St. Sabina Catholic Church, a predominantly black congregation, where poet Maya Angelou was being honored in advance of her 82nd birthday upcoming on April 4th.

Maya has been an outspoken and steadfast supporter of Senator Hillary Clinton, and continues to proclaim her support for Clinton in spite of the fact that she acknowledges Obama as a worthy opponent. She is also a close friend and mentor to Oprah Winfrey, Obama's chief patron, and to Wright, Obama's self-proclaimed spiritual mentor.

O Give Me A Home

Lest any of us spend too much time pitying the Reverend Jeremiah Wright in his recent retirement, it was disclosed today that his former church, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, is building for Wright and his wife a $1.6 million, 10,000 square foot retirement home in suburban Chicago.