Receive Updates from Larry Elder
Larry Elder is a best-selling author and radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an "Elderado," visit www.LarryElder.com
Larry hosted, for 15 years, the longest-running afternoon drive-time radio show in Los Angeles, beginning in March 1994. “The Larry Elder Show,” a top-rated daily program from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on KABC 790, became a nationally syndicated daily talk show for ABC Radio Networks on Aug. 12, 2002. Now Larry is seeking airwave dominance over the morning hours, broadcasting from KABC from 9 a.m. until noon. Known to his listeners as the “Sage From South Central,” Larry sizzles on the airwaves with his thoughtful insight on the day’s most provocative issues, to the delight, consternation and entertainment of his listeners.
In his best-selling book "The 10 Things You Can’t Say in America," Larry skewers the crippling myths that dominate the public agenda. Larry punctures all pretension, trashes accepted “wisdom” and puts everyone on notice that the status quo must be shaken up. In his second book, "Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies and the Special Interests That Divide America," Larry again takes on the Nanny State, “victicrats” and the politically correct. His latest book, "What’s Race Got to Do with It? Why it’s Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America," is being praised as an important, groundbreaking must-read for the future of race relations in America. Elder also writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column, distributed through Creators Syndicate.
Larry was also host of the television shows “Moral Court” and “The Larry Elder Show.” Larry created, directed and produced his first film, “Michael & Me,” a documentary that examines the use of guns in America.
By
Larry Elder (Dec 29, 2011)
They're coming for your children! They're coming for the womenfolk! Then they're coming after you! Norman Lear, the famous television show producer, offered this hysterically... more
By
Larry Elder (Dec 22, 2011)
As "Person of the Year," Time magazine named "The Protester." The subhead read, "From the Arab Spring to Athens, From Occupy Wall Street to Moscow."
Well, yes, but what... more
By
Larry Elder (Dec 15, 2011)
The next best thing to calling a Republican "racist," "sexist," "homophobic," or "Uncle Tom" (where appropriate) is to call him "out of touch."
Former Massachusetts Gov.... more
By
Larry Elder (Dec 08, 2011)
Herman Cain is out. He "suspended" his campaign for the Republican nomination for president this week after a fifth woman made allegations against him. This time, an Atlanta... more
By
Larry Elder (Dec 01, 2011)
When Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., announced his intention not to seek re-election after a 32-year career, not one of the nightly news broadcast network anchors found time or... more
By
Larry Elder (Nov 24, 2011)
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Everything demanded by the Occupy Wall Streeters -- whether "free" health care, a "world-class education" or a "guaranteed... more
By
Larry Elder (Nov 17, 2011)
I just interviewed MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero." You know things didn't go well when, a few minutes after the... more
By
Larry Elder (Nov 10, 2011)
"He's got it coming to him," said Ben Bradlee, former editor of The Washington Post. "You can't do that in this town anymore. Probably could do it 50 years ago, but you can't... more
By
Larry Elder (Nov 03, 2011)
Charles Krauthammer of Fox News: "Do you think that race, being a strong black conservative, has anything to do with the fact you've been so charged (with sexual harassment)?... more
By
Larry Elder (Oct 27, 2011)
"Don't touch me!" the man in the wheelchair shouted to stop me from placing my hand on what used to be his left arm."I'm sorry -- I was just -- ""I know what you were doing,"... more
By
Larry Elder (Oct 20, 2011)
The Occupy Wall Street folks tell us to blame Wall Street for the nation's financial troubles. Notice the no-fly zone over President Barack Obama. Where are the... more
By
Larry Elder (Oct 13, 2011)
What to do about Herman Cain?
This question goes not to the Republican Party, where "establishment" candidates like Mitt Romney privately dismiss Cain as lacking the... more
By
Larry Elder (Oct 06, 2011)
"The way I think about it is, you know, this is, uh, you know, a great, uh, great country that had gotten a little soft, and you know, we didn't have that same competitive... more
By
Larry Elder (Sep 29, 2011)
Why did the Obama administration, after dragging out the various court challenges to ObamaCare, suddenly step on the gas?
The administration surprised court watchers by... more
By
Larry Elder (Sep 22, 2011)
Two and a half years into the Obama presidency, why does the economy still sputter?
The first and most popular line of defense, of course, remains to blame it... more
By
Larry Elder (Sep 15, 2011)
Sept. 11 unified America. But President George W. Bush "squandered" this shared sense of purpose. We still hear this drivel, mostly from the left, 10 years after the terror... more
By
Larry Elder (Sep 08, 2011)
The tea party, according to Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, would "love to see us as second-class citizens" ... and "some of them in... more
By
Larry Elder (Sep 01, 2011)
The Irish cabdriver complained almost nonstop during our half-hour drive to the Belfast International Airport. He especially worried about the job prospects for his... more
By
Larry Elder (Aug 25, 2011)
"I'm not afraid of anybody. ... And as far as I'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell." -- Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. Waters' list of insults, vulgarities and... more
By
Larry Elder (Aug 18, 2011)
Just when you thought the disgruntled-about-Obama lefties gave up on the "let's replace Obama with Hillary" nonsense, it's back like "Rocky VI." Maybe even in 3-D.Check out... more
By
Larry Elder (Aug 11, 2011)
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney wants to be president. And a plurality of Republican voters want him to be president. Recent polls show Republican nominee Romney... more
By
Larry Elder (Aug 04, 2011)
So, who "won" the debt ceiling standoff? President Barack Obama -- for two reasons. First, the tea party-influenced GOP stopped his job-killing bucket list: higher taxes,... more
By
Larry Elder (Jul 28, 2011)
To hear Democrats tell it, two things cripple the chance for a budget deal: the dastardly tea party, and the GOP's failure to understand that its beloved Ronald Reagan was... more
By
Larry Elder (Jul 21, 2011)
For those who voted for President Barack Obama expecting him to bridge America's "racial divide," a question: "How's that working for you?" Black U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson... more
By
Larry Elder (Jul 14, 2011)
1) Incredibly weak recovery: President Barack Obama's tax/spend/regulation policy -- "stimulus"; continuation of TARP; bank, insurance company and auto... more
By
Larry Elder (Jul 07, 2011)
"When the chief justice read me the oath," President Franklin D. Roosevelt said to a speechwriter, "and came to the words 'support the Constitution of... more
By
Larry Elder (Jun 30, 2011)
Ronald Reagan did nothing. Barack Obama saved the nation from total collapse.
How else to explain the absence of jobless pitchfork-wielding Americans storming the... more
By
Larry Elder (Jun 23, 2011)
The White Man made him do it. Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan recently unmasked the reason for President Barack Obama's unpopular, non-congressionally authorized,... more
By
Larry Elder (Jun 16, 2011)
On Jan. 21, 2009, President John McCain took office.
We strongly editorialized against McCain's election. After all, it was he who said, "The issue of... more
By
Larry Elder (Jun 09, 2011)
Dead man texting.
This describes the eventual fate of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y. Weiner's I-won't-resign press conference aside, he'll soon quit -- shoved out by his... more
By
Larry Elder (Jun 02, 2011)
"Today the court affirms what is perhaps the most radical injunction issued by a court in our nation's history." So began Supreme Court Justice Antonin... more
By
Larry Elder (May 26, 2011)
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney make me think of Dorothy Jones. "Aunt" Dorothy, my mom's closest friend, was a warm, smart, comedienne-quick funny woman from a large family.... more
By
Larry Elder (May 19, 2011)
Rapper "Common" recently performed for "poetry night" at the White House. "Objection!" said the out-of-touch, Golf Channel-watching, Pat Boone-loving right-wingers, who... more
By
Larry Elder (May 12, 2011)
"When President Obama was faced with the opportunity to act upon this," said Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, "the President had to evaluate the strength of... more
By
Larry Elder (May 05, 2011)
Osama bin Laden was a) killed by a unit overseen by what New Yorker reporter Seymour Hersh denounced as Vice President Dick Cheney's "executive assassination ring," which was... more
By
Larry Elder (Apr 28, 2011)
Here we go again. A Republican official, this time a member of the Orange County, Calif., GOP central committee, stands accused of -- racism! Her crime? She forwarded, to a... more
By
Larry Elder (Apr 21, 2011)
Donald Trump isn't going to run for president.He is rich, enjoys himself, says bold and often stupid things, trades his wife in for a younger model every few years, and calls... more
By
Larry Elder (Apr 14, 2011)
Suppose President John McCain, as with President Barack Obama, justified military force in Libya to avert "a humanitarian crisis." But then gave no thought of... more
By
Larry Elder (Apr 07, 2011)
Otherwise sane people speculate that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will resign her post and challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2012. But... more
By
Larry Elder (Mar 31, 2011)
President Barack H. Obama
The White House
Dear George,
The Gulf oil spill opened my eyes.
As with Hurricane Katrina, it happened suddenly. I barked out orders. I... more
By
Larry Elder (Mar 24, 2011)
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent... more
By
Larry Elder (Mar 17, 2011)
"Why no video of looters in Japan?" Japan's prime minister calls the 9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami the greatest crisis in Japan since World War II. Ten thousand... more
By
Larry Elder (Mar 10, 2011)
Charlie Sheen, at least, has an excuse. He's on a drug he calls "Charlie Sheen." But what powerful hallucinogen inhaled by the left induces the mental fantasy that makes them... more
By
Larry Elder (Mar 03, 2011)
"Racist!" shouted some Columbia University students at an Iraq War vet. Other students reportedly "hissed and booed." Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who spoke at Columbia three... more
By
Larry Elder (Feb 24, 2011)
"'ObamaCare' ... is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. It is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. It is clearly... more
By
Larry Elder (Feb 17, 2011)
Learning nothing from his party's November "shellacking," President Barack Obama offers a 2012 budget that proves, yet again, he believes in government as fervently as... more
By
Larry Elder (Feb 10, 2011)
Ronald Reagan "tortured" blacks. Tavis Smiley, the PBS television host, once said this about the former president. NBC's Bryant Gumbel and New York Times columnist Paul... more
By
Larry Elder (Feb 03, 2011)
How should the United States respond to the demonstrations against Egypt's president of three decades, Hosni Mubarak?
Scholars, experts and pundits disagree on what... more
By
Larry Elder (Jan 27, 2011)
"This will be the last edition of your show," MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, on the air, claimed he was told by management. What to make of Olbermann's abrupt departure, an... more
By
Larry Elder (Jan 20, 2011)
"Black man's burden," read the headline in the Los Angeles Times piece. "African-American men," read the subheading, "are still often judged by the color of their skin rather... more
By
Larry Elder (Jan 13, 2011)
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik took time from gathering the facts about the Tucson, Ariz., shooting to denounce the "vitriolic rhetoric" that he claims played a role in... more
By
Larry Elder (Jan 06, 2011)
The biggest political "lie" of 2010?The winner is: the Republican assertion that ObamaCare is a "government takeover of health care." A website called PolitiFact based this... more