Last week, while our government was marshalling its resources to bring the fanatic perpetrators of the World Trade Center attack to justice, the New York Post editorial staff took time out to pen another of its diatribes against me.

A very intriguing and controversial political relationship has formed with huge implications for the Black electorate. Not surprisingly, Dr. Lenora Fulani is at the center of that controversy and said relationship. Dr. Fulani has endorsed Michael Bloomberg, a Republican candidate for Mayor of New York City who, as a staple of his campaign strategy, is actively courting independent voters

My good friend Rev. Al Sharpton is in jail again. There are two places I've tried to keep him out of over the years - prison and the Democratic Party. Obviously, I'm not doing too well on the first goal. What about the second?

As a person, first of all, I don't dislike Pat. I wish him well. Just not in the Reform Party. It's not like we spent hours together. We came together out of politics and that's what we did. What we agreed to is that he run on the issue of political reform.