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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The hot-button topic in politics over the past week has been the proposed mosque near “ground zero”. Emotions have run high over a perceived slap in the face to some Americans by Islam because of their inconvenient worship of God taking place just two blocks from the site that terrorist, who happened to be...
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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 my favorite TV shows, the Boondocks (Boon), made its season premiere a few Sundays ago to an astounding audience of 2.6 million viewers, which is great for a cartoon show on cable that debuted at 11:30pm on The Cartoon Network. Boon’s first episode in almost three years was about the 2008 Presidential...
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Rapper Jay-z’s biggest selling album is entitled “Hard Knock Life.” On that album there is a song called “It was all good just a week ago” featuring west coast rap pioneer Too Short. I’m sure Tiger Woods has that cut on repeat playing in his whip after his debacle at The Players Championship. Hmm,...
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Here we go again. Education reform is back in the spotlight as the hot topic of debate amongst the American public. It’s a reoccurring conversation that always seems to resurface in time to appease the American elite’s desire to rid America of “failing schools.” It sounds well-intentioned and comes back around every five years or so. It’s...
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PBS Pinchback ascended to Governor of Louisiana after he was Lieutenant Governor in the 1870′s. He only served for 35 days due to death threats and national hate mail. History repeats itself… I stand against domestic violence. David Patterson hasn’t committed an act of domestic violence. And I also stand for our Republic’s mantra...
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The jury is out on Tyler Perry-if that jury is me. The reason I say that is because every time I watch a Tyler Perry movie, I come away asking, why does Tyler Perry hate the contemporary African-American woman? Let me be honest by saying first that I have seen only three Tyler Perry...
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We’ve all read the story, seen the photos, and beamed with pride as we watch our first bi-racial President take a seat in the Oval Office and jet set around the world as the main representative of the greatest country on the planet. Back in the day, circa 2007, when no one knew the...
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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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