Camden City, New Jersey for the last decade or so has been listed as one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. Despite that, just recently, the Mayor laid off half of the city’s police force due to fiscal constraints. I work in Camden everyday; I am a high school teacher and...

There are many things that happen in our country that should show the true colors of our politicians and other officials that are supposed to represent our interest. This entire situation with the debt ceiling is another one of those instances where we can see the true colors of the politicians...

Jose Baez’s “Johnnie Cochran moment” has finally come… and he will cash in. Of course, I have a few thoughts on the Casey Anthony trial, but I am not going to get too deep into it. There is no need for researching this thing like I have a stake in any decision that is made. What I...

One of the more amazing things to me is how life completely changes on you when you become an adult. Of course when you become an adult you can have all kinds of fun. But with adulthood comes responsibility; car note, mortgage or rent, and daycare payments if you have kids. But it’s the...

I’ve always said that it is going to take a revolution in this country – a mass demonstration by the people in the streets – for the power elite to realize at the very least that folks are pissed off with the way things are going down. Americans love talking about being free and protesting...

You ever watch the Sopranos and see the opening credits as the camera is on a car ride through North Jersey and it has this song playing in the background? It is Tony Soprano riding in his escalade cruising home and as he is driving, he is taking in the scene with some cruising music. Well,...

I read an interesting article a few days ago. It had to do with the destruction of the middle class. The middle class is eroding and although it may seem so subtle and time consuming, trust that it is happening. According to published reports, the gap between rich and poor is widening. In...

A few years ago, a minister by the name of Ted Haggard was caught up in a gay sex scandal that led to his departure as a minister and pastor of his Colorado Protestant Church. A male prostitute came out and said that Haggard paid him for sex and used methamphetamines with him. Although he...

America is a great place. It is a place where people can be discriminated against and it is okay. It is the only place where freedom of expression can mean trouncing on the freedoms of others. Which is why a Pastor from Florida has decided that on today, September 11th, he and his church...

BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE…DO YOU NEED A JOB??? The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records. On the surface,...