Presidential Polling with 59 days to go and counting

Now comes the good part. Now comes the time when all political junkies are overdosing on polling stats. There are more polls than you can shake a stick at and many of them are full of bunk and a lot at them are...

Darker than Blue

In the 1970s, a prophet of soul music, Curtis Mayfield chronicled the Black experience in urban America. His songs are revolutionary, filled with hope, unity, and togetherness. One song titled “We People Who...

Obama reminds me of patches of my past

Listening to Obama’s speech on Race in America today took me back to a time of my childhood. As he spoke of the environment in which his Pastor came into manhood, I started to replace his influential...

Africa Burning

Looking outside of America, I see many people all over the world existing in instability. At times is seems as if all the continent of Africa is warring. Crimes being committed there on a daily basis are...

Life will not let me live

Recently I had someone say to me, “You are so calm and nothing upsets you. How do you get to a guy like that?” I just smiled and sat quietly. If he doesn’t know, I’m not going to tell him. Many things get...

The swift-boating of Dennis Kucinich and Party Politics

The news hit me like and urgent call in the middle of the night about a dear friend being in an accident. How could this be happening and why to him? When it comes to championing the people’s cause,...

Yes, he can and why I changed

It’s kinda hard to put my finger on what made me switch from Hillary to Obama. Color was not it and that’s evident of my initial support of Hillary. I didn’t change because it’s Black History Month...

America's Absolution and the Black Struggle

When Christians first came to the Americans, they were on a conquest to expand the old kingdoms of Europe. Kings and Queens from Portugal, Spain, France, and England to name a few, had all commissioned...

Losing Our Humanity

It’s a somewhat sobering quality for most of us; to realize that as we get on in age, we tend to become more comfortable with our own mortality. We want to tally up our life, sorting deeds into good and bad,...

Sacrifices from the Old Guard

We are a proud people and our pride shines brightest to the rest of the world when we speak of our Forefathers. Form the founding fathers to the greatest generation, our chests swell with pride when we recite...

Facebook Party Girls

Drunkenly dancing on tables or collapsing in the street used to be a source of acute embarrassment for young women the morning after the night before.   Today, they are more likely to boast about it - to the world, with pictures - on social networking sites.

Geek Wars: A Tale of iBetrayal

iBackgroundA few months have pasted since the great wave of iPhone mania swept across America. Geeks rejoiced and lined up days in advance to pay homage to their tech deity, the all powerful Master Job’s...

Taser Fried Student (with Kerry seasoning)

<b>INGREDIENTS</b>1 whole Liberal College Student (Journalism major preferred)1 group of all-purpose floured law enforcement officers salt the situation to taste by not answering questions ground black...
 

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