Guests: Head of the National Urban League Marc Morial
"The gist of my Talking Points Memo last night was that the civil rights industry and our leadership in Washington will not take on the black crime problem because in order to do so black culture would have to change. So far there has been no credible challenge to what I said because facts are facts - young black men commit murder at ten times the rate of whites and Hispanics. The country's failure to deal with poverty and crime in black precincts is a disgrace, and that is true racism! There are other problems that could be solved, but our leadership lacks the will. One example is gun crimes. Each state should be free to make its own gun laws, but the feds should criminalize all gun crimes and impose strict mandatory sentences upon conviction. But it's much easier for politicians and pundits to mouth all kinds of platitudes and theory. In the meantime, people are dying!"

The Factor welcomed the Urban League's Marc Morial, who evaluated Monday's Talking Points. "Bill, you're missing the point," Morial began, "and missing an opportunity to help with the conversation about the crime problem and unemployment. You can't start the conversation with name-calling, castigating, and attacks." The Factor challenged Morial to skip the platitudes and address the problem of black family disintegration. "The disintegration of the traditional family," Morial conceded, "has caused great social problems in the black community, but we see the disintegration of the nuclear family throughout America. The problems that African Americans face are no different than the problems that America faces, it's just that they're deeper." The Factor beseeched black leaders to focus on the issue of fatherlessness: "73% of black children born to unwed mothers is a catastrophe. We need to come together, from the President on down, and stop the B.S. and the diversions!"

Guest: Chares Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer entered the No Spin Zone with his analysis of the race issue. "When you talk about the development of character," Dr. K posited, "it happens in three places. It happens at home, it happens at school, and it happens from the general culture. And in each of those areas you have the beginning of the pathologies among young black males - the high crime rate, the catastrophe of single parenthood, and the schools that are a disaster. D.C. has the highest per-capita expenditure for public schools in the country and the lowest test scores. And the last influence is the culture and the sick, misogynist, angry messages that a lot of kids absorb." Krauthammer ridiculed the notion that public service announcements targeting unwed motherhood could make a difference. "We have had public service announcements on drugs for fifty years and it doesn't accomplish anything. Some problems do not have easy solutions, some problems are cultural, generational, and will take a long time to change."

Guest: Florida Senator Marco Rubio
As some Republicans in Washington threaten to de-fund Obamacare, The Factor asked Senator Marco Rubio whether he agrees with that radical strategy. "I wouldn't call this sabotaging Obamacare," Rubio said, "I'd call it helping the American people. What's sabotaging our economy is the law as it's being implemented, every day we're seeing reports about the harm it's doing, particularly to middle class and working class Americans. It's costing people the health insurance they're happy with, it's going to force them into exchanges that don't exist, and it's going to raise premiums for small businesses. Even labor unions have become some of the most vocal opponents of the law." Playing devil's advocate, The Factor reminded Rubio that health care was passed legitimately: "It is the law of the land and you're playing guerilla warfare, saying that if you can't win the debate you're going to not fund it."

Guest: John Stossel
Fox Business anchor John Stossel provided his libertarian take on Detroit's decline and bankruptcy. "They grew government faster than the private sector could grow," Stossel declared, "and corrupt politicians certainly added to it. Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick spent money on limousines and nightclubs, he hired his friends and relatives. The city still has a 'horseshoer' in the water department, even though they don't have horses!" The Factor laid much of the blame on drugs: "I submit that narcotics destroyed the city and people moved out because they didn't want to deal with the violence and chaos." On a far lighter note, Stossel opined on the British monarchy and the new baby born to William and Kate. "I'm happy they have a baby, but why do Americans care so much? We fought a revolution to get rid of royalty!"

Guests: Lis Weihl & Kimberly Guilfoyle
Before being murdered by a deranged man in February, former Navy SEAL and author Chris Kyle told The Factor that he once knocked down Jesse Ventura because he was "bad-mouthing the war, bad-mouthing Bush, and bad-mouthing America." Ventura is now suing Kyle's widow, claiming the story is false and defamatory. Legal analysts Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle opined on the case. "This can go forward even though the alleged defamer is now dead," Wiehl stated. "But will it actually result in money for Ventura? Absolutely not! This man was a hero." Guilfoyle agreed with that analysis. "The jury is not going to award any money, his widow will be very sympathetic in front of a jury." The Factor concluded, "Jesse Ventura is harming himself by continuing this."

Guest: Dr. Ben Carson
Finally, celebrated pediatric neurosurgeon and author Ben Carson evaluated Monday's Talking Points Memo, particularly its denouncement of violent and misogynist rap lyrics. "Children have to develop an identity," Carson began, "and where does that identity come from? You used to get your identity from your family, but that is disintegrating and young people are still looking for some place from which to derive that identity. The human brain remembers everything you've ever seen and ever heard, so we need to recognize that all this stuff is going in there and having an effect." Carson denounced those Americans who are intent on fomenting racial division. "There is a 'divide and conquer' mentality on a whole multitude of issues. All you have to do is read 'Rules for Radicals' by Saul Alinsky to understand what's going on. It's very important that the American people understand that we are not each other's enemies."

Treating other people the way you would like to be treated invariably leads to great rewards in this world ... and quite possibly in the next.