“Friend, I don’t know what to do,” said Laura. Laura’s friend Michelle replied, “Well, don’t feel bad girl. The economy’s rough and times are hard. We’re all going through it.” “I know but what am I going to do. I mean the bills are piling up and the rent is due and...

As an African American male, I am proud to see a Black man in the White House as our president. The assent of Barack Obama is proof that as a people, although we live in a society where race and racism comes into play both directly and indirectly in ways that do everything but augment our...

Folks… the day of reckoning has come. One of the awesome things about our country has are the various policies in place to help us as well as reward us i.e. social security, Medicare and pension programs. However those policies are soon to be a thing of the past. A number of individuals...

So I have a serious question… should we (taxpayers) continue to fund underperforming urban school districts in spite of what the research says about the need for extra services in urban districts or should we take money away from these underperforming urban districts and reallocate it –...

There is a saying that says “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me”. Someone needs to update that saying to reflect the reality that would really apply – sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can influence people to grab sticks and stones. Unfortunately,...

I am sad and depressed. Why? Because I just don’t know how to feel about my country and the role of government in terms of running this country. I am not sure if they know what they are doing. President Obama has just “compromised” with Congressional Republicans on the Bush Tax Cuts....

If I had a message to Sarah Palin, it would be that “it would not be wise to rise so high that your fall is so hard.” One of my favorite cartoons is the Wild E. Coyote and the Road Runner and in those cartoons, the coyote chases the road runner, tries to trap the road runner using various...

I was watching Real Time with Bill Maher last night after coming home from a Halloween Party. Interesting was the fact that at the party, where ghost and goblins were suppose to put fear in my heart, I was more scared at what I watched yesterday. Bill made a comment in his new rules segment...

So, it is prime election season and the Republican Party is getting a run for its money. At first, the party was pissed with Obama…just because he got elected president. Then, some were pissed that he was Black and tried to create all kinds of piss poor excuses and reasons why not to trust...

President Obama messed up again. Most people are wise to not involve themselves in matters of the heart in dealing with family and friends, because the results could be harmful. In politics, matters of the heart include – sexual orientation, immigration, abortion and race. Whenever a racial...