Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 547

ROY S. JOHNSON: Crave Good And It Will Change You

I recently completed a 21-day fast with members of my church. For three weeks, we gave up all meat and dairy products, eating only fruit fruits and vegetables (foods "from the Earth") and drinking only water (and wine; hey, grapes are from the Earth!). It ended last Sunday. I often said during the fast that [...]

Gingrich Got It Wrong: Admits ABC News Did Not Refuse To Interview Witnesses (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Will Cain, John Fugelsang and Soledad O'Brien discuss Newt Gingrich admitting that ABC News did not refuse to interview witnesses about his ex-wife's open marriage claims.

Pat Sajak Used To Host 'Wheel Of Fortune' Drunk (VIDEO)

Source: Patrick Kevin Day / Los Angeles Times You may have suspected it, but now it's fact: Pat Sajak used to host "Wheel of Fortune" while drunk. Genial game show host Sajak (who also moonlights as a conservative columnist) appeared on the ESPN2 talk show "Dan LeBatard Is Highly Questionable" on Tuesday and answered that [...]

Video Of Pentagon Shooting Spree

The Pentagon shooter records chilling video of his spree. Brian Todd reports on the video and his guilty plea. WATCH:

ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: President Obama Says Encounter With Arizona Gov. 'Blown Out of Proportion'

Source: Huma Khan / ABC News President Obama denied in an exclusive interview with ABC News that he was "tense" in his tarmac encounter with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Wednesday, as she has described. "I'm usually accused of not being intense enough, right," he told ABC News' Diane Sawyer, laughing. "Too relaxed." Brewer said in [...]

Battery Maker Ener1, A DOE Loan Recipient, Goes Bankrupt

Source: Steve Hargreaves / CNN Money NEW YORK – Electric car battery maker Ener1 filed for bankruptcy Thursday, three years after receiving a $118.5 million grant from the U.S. government. Ener1 (HEVV), which makes a variety of energy storage devices under different subsidiaries, is the parent company of EnerDel, the car battery division that received [...]

Hundreds Of Tacos Sent To Connecticut Mayor (VIDEO)

Source: Maria Santana / CNN East Haven, Connecticut – Two days after a Connecticut mayor delivered an errant comment about eating tacos to support East Haven Latinos, some of whom are the alleged victims of police mistreatment, Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. apparently got his wish. Some 500 tacos were delivered to his office Thursday after [...]

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Jammin' To Prince's Baby I'm A Star On Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Soledad O'Brien, Will Cain and Erica Gonzalez discuss the song selection on CNN's Starting Point.

Self-Deportation? Romney, Gingrich Hammered On Their Immigration Policies (VIDEO)

Roland S. Martin, Erica Gonzalez and Will Cain joined Soledad O'Brien on Starting Point to discuss the GOP candidates stance on immigration reform plus Mitt Romney's self-deportation strategy.