Commentary

With the current National Football League Collective Bargaining Agreement scheduled to expire on March 3, 2011 at 11:59 pm, the sports world is bracing itself for what appears to be a potential lockout of the 2011-2012 football season. The topic has been brewing for years, ever since the original labor agreement was signed in 1993 and...
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As yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, many reflected on the devastation it left behind and the rebuilding that remains to be done. While the damage and human casualty estimated was overwhelming, the excruciating anguish and misery it caused is immeasurable. Haiti, by all means, has been destroyed by this disaster and...
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Life after professional school is similar to “A Tale of Two Cities.” In the famous novel Charles Dickens proclaims that “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” For some professional school graduates the culmination of law school and taking the state bar exam or medical school and taking the...
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Currently, America is in an economic bind. We are no longer leading the production of products, we lack the jobs necessary to allow people to spend for the services that drive our economy and politically this only means one solution can be brought to the table, tax cuts. Tax cuts seem to be a...
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The Sesame Street video “I Love My Hair” has almost 200,000 views and while many may be from young children a significant amount of the views are black women who have fallen in love with the song. Since the iconic children’s show aired in 1969 – during the Civil Rights Movement – up until today’s...
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Politics is one of the past times in America that we celebrate on a bi-annual basis. We love to hear and talk about political subjects during mid-term elections and when it’s time to place a new person in the White House. So any angry or bigoted behavior that we exhibit usually quells the day...
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Wouldn’t it be great if we lived in a world where politicians were judged for the laws they have passed instead of how many people they have helped get re-elected? Wouldn’t it be even better if we actually were informed about the substance of laws instead of the political relevance and strategic timing of...
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AshleyMadison.com, The Jersey Shore, The Bad Girls Club, and Kat Stacks have all become images of where our current societal values have stationed. The first promotes infidelity in marriages, the next two promote ladies fighting with one another on national television, and the last represents a person’s quest for fame by any means necessary...
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For all the times we’ve dreamed of seeing the greatest collection of talent on one team in our favorite sport. And for all the times we’ve complained about professional athletes caring more about money than winning. For all the times we’ve criticized professional sports franchises for not doing everything possible to bring our team a championship, there’s a...
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One of this nation’s best past times is going out to your local Mexican restaurant and getting a nice hot plate of enchiladas. Maybe on a Wednesday afternoon when all of the Mexicans are out busy stealing America’s jobs; like cutting grass or working on the top of a house installing a new roof...
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