I was sitting in a workshop this morning which addresses various techniques of intervention to use with problem kids. Admittedly, today’s session was a bit boring until it began to address the kinds of kids I deal with on a daily basis. The profile presented showed a kid who is in essence was following...
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New York State Governor David Patterson has been criticized by New York State Republicans, The Daily News and The New York Post for his handling of the bidding process for the upcoming “Racino” featured at Aqueduct Race Track. Is this the first time that municipal bidding processes have been controversial and questionable? How about Forest...
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After learning that the Supreme Court overturned decades of law in the Citizen United case—by ruling that corporation cannot be limited on their spending for independent political ads during the election of a candidate—my immediate thought was there goes the small donor revolution. Regardless of party affiliations one of the most empowering aspects of...
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Day One: As humanitarian efforts are slowly taking place in some parts of Haiti, the immediate needs of the millions of people left homeless and injured by the earthquake on January 12 are hardly being met. There is still a greater need than there is aid and while the public’s sense of humanity is...
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It is really a travesty that it took more than a week for relief efforts to get under way in Haiti after millions were left devastated by the crushing earthquake on January 12, 2010. The speed of the humanitarian response to the disaster has come under fire over the past week as nearly half...
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As I sat and watched President Obama speak about the crisis in Haiti and as his two predecessors flanked his left and right, I could not help but notice the ominous presence of former President George W. Bush. President Bush asked the American public to reach into their wallets to assist those in need...
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So, let’s be real here. The Republican victory in Massachusetts was a shock to the system of many Democrats across the country. There was an 11th hour attempt to make phone calls on behalf of Attorney General Martha Coakley to give her a slight boost in the polls, but it did not matter, because...
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Yesterday Lane Kiffin sent shockwaves through the world of college football as he announced his departure as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers to become the head man at the University of Southern California. Thing is, the ink on Lane’s contract with Tennessee just dried and he’s already taking off for another job. Kiffin...
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In every corner of the world people dream of growing up and enter a profession doing something they love. For many black children in American inner cities that dream is to have a future in professional sports. (Although this aspect of inner city life needs to be broaden to have more images of black...
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