Mess-piration? Keep Reading
When I was growing up, there was sort of an unwritten law to keep your dirty laundry inside your own house. When I became a…
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A Different World
It’s commencement time for many HBCUs. Last week I spoke at Fisk University and Saturday I address the graduates at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.…
Reading, Writing and Rape? Sexual Assaults on Campuses Must End
While too many of us were concentrating on an NBA player’s sexuality despite the fact that most of the population had never heard of him,…
Terrorism: The Not-So-New Normal
This isn’t new to us anymore. Oklahoma City, New York, Boston and maybe West, Texas and Mobile, Alabama are all places where terrorists have struck…
Too Far, Tyrese
Around here, we call it a “Pull Up Pal.” It’s your “boy,” your “girl,” your “bestie, BFF, roomie,” anybody who cares enough about you to…
Jail Time Not the Answer to Atlanta Cheating Scandal
It was the saddest news of the week: three dozen public school educators were indicted in a huge cheating scandal. Included in the indictment are…
MLK King Legacy for Sale?
There are two sides to every story, I know. So, when I hear about the in-fighting, the lawsuits and what appears to be greed coming…
Denied a PLUS Loan? Here’s Help to Get Kids Back in School
There are a lot of lessons to be learned from the debacle resulting in the changes in the parent PLUS loan program. The problem is…
Follow The Money, It’s in the NRA’s Pockets
Blogs don’t write, people write them. That makes about as much sense as that old NRA line “Guns don’t kill, people do.” With all the…
Playing the Race Card-In Reverse
This might make me sound like I’m a suck up but I’m fine with all the cabinet appointments the president has made so far. It’s…
