We made it. This is the last daily post I will make on the site. Of course I will continue to write on the blog during the next few months, especially about the presidential campaign.
The world has been on edge for months as it watches the elections in the U.S., Russia and Pakistan, three very different nuclear powers.
Kenneth Winfrey Reports As I think over the past year, I am glad to say that I feel that I?ve had a wonderful year.
I am sad to report today that my colleague Tom Morgan, a legendary journalist, has passed away. Tom was a native of St.
'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the site Not a person was posting Or starting a fight.
After my election predictions last week, I just had to post this headline from today's Huffington Post.
Reviews by Stanley Bennett Clay I confess. I am a sucker for a good love story. But Kevin E. Taylor's Jaded, a tender, life-affirming tale of romantic, committed, respectfully considerate, and passion-filled love, swept me off my feet! Proving that nice guys can finish first, Joshua Knight, an ad agency executive, and Elijah Monroe, a music producer, meet in a Harlem record store specializing in lost and/or hard-to-find musical treasures, a fitting metaphor for the predicament these two handsome and successful thirty-something African American men have found themselves in, having both been wounded by previous break-ups.
Clinton and Huckabee Will Win Iowa Two weeks from today, voters in Iowa will cast the first votes in the 2008 presidential election cycle, and the race on both sides is still too close to call.
I got a call this morning from a producer at a TV news show asking me if I would come on to talk about Mike Huckabee's new "Christmas ad" that features the Republican presidential candidate discussing "the birth of Christ" in front of what some believe to be a Christian cross in the background.
It would have been easy to write about politics today. But with so much going on in the presidential campaign, I figure everybody else will be talking about that already.
With all the evidence of homosexuality and same-sex relationship in the Harlem Renaissance, I've always wondered why so few books were written about the subject at the time.
Last month I announced my plans to close down this site. Today I want to take a moment to update you on the status of that transition.
Reviews by Stanley Bennett Clay Will Downing has always been an artist able to rise above challenges.
The passing of Ike Turner on Wednesday got me thinking about some of my favorite songs from his ex-wife Tina.
It's not every day you get to interview the boss, but that's sort of what I'm doing today with my interview of Sean Johnson.
Earlier this morning, I posted an article informing you that the Clearview Chelsea Theater in New York had decided to pull the plug on one of the most successful movies playing at its theater.
In a shocking and unusual development, the Clearview Chelsea Theater decided late yesterday to pull the plug on one of the most successful movies playing at its theater in New York.
The political world has never seen anything like it. Oprah Winfrey stumped for Barack Obama over the weekend and brought out more than 70,000 people to campaign appearances in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire.
Two years ago, I told you about an idea for "a brand new film with quirky, lovable and complex characters played by an amazing cast.
There is a peculiar thing about tragic death that inspires both intense anger and sober reflection. In death, we often overlook the shortcomings of the deceased, if only for a brief moment of grieving.