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. At the very least, it is not the time to criticize the deceased. Malcolm X learned this lesson in 1963 when he provided an ill-timed public comment on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Malcolm said that Kennedy's death was a case of the "chickens coming home to roost" for all the violence that America had created in the world. Facing a widespread public outcry... Full story...
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.
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