The Wire Blake Leeper: an athlete who is changing people’s perspectives on people with disabilities and who is vying to compete at the Paralympic Games this year in London. Adam Holland: a 16 year-old young capitalist who started a highly successful shaved ice business to help pay for his sister’s education. Adele Taylor: a...
The White House has released a number of ways for Americans to connect with the President’s State of the Union address as well as participate in the conversation through social media. You can watch a stream of the President’s speech here or through the White House Live App on Facebook , YouTube and their Google+ page. Tomorrow I’ll...
From TMZ.com Al Green just told TMZ … he thinks President Barack Obama‘s version of “Let’s Stay Together” was “terrific” and, “He nailed it.” Green, of course, is referring to Obama singing part of the first verse of the song last night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Green said, “I was...
“It is as close as despicable as anything I can imagine. I’m frankly astounded that CNN would take trash like that and set it to open a presidential debate,” Newt Gingrich said after CNN’s John King asked about his ex-wife’s assertion he wanted an open marriage. Gingrich was pretty accurate...
The national media’s whole goal these days is to be the first to predict a winner. The Iowa GOP told us on the night of the Iowa caucuses that Mitt Romney received 8 more votes than Rick Santorum. Eight vote difference and the entire media was a willing partner of...
It was only a matter of time before Governor Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race. He hadn’t even met the threshold to participate in the last CNN debate but they let him slide in anyway. It’s tough to call exactly when Perry’s star was put out. It wasn’t...
Since the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. was unveiled, one quote in the presentation caused an uproar from the beginning. On the Stone of Hope are inscribed the words “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.” I’m glad to hear that the Interior Department...
I write a column for Sunday’s Dallas Morning News (on stands now) that talks about the relationship between Generation X and Millennials. The context is how some of those before us have refused to “pass the torch” and the point is coming where we may have to take it. I’ve watched...
J, Fred, White Jay…..make sure you don’t check out too soon. There’s a bonus scene at the very end.
That’s right, Blogging While Black is now available on the Kindle! As stated at Amazon.com, “Start reading Blogging While Black on your Kindle in under a minute.” Blogging While Black is available for $3.99 on the Kindle which includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet. Let me know if you decide to check out the Kindle...
