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Padawan Romo leads Cowboys to 20-8 win over Giants

Padawan Romo leads Cowboys to 20-8 win over Giants

I get a kick out of Bob and Dan -noonday hosts on Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket- referring to Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback Tony Romo as a “Jedi.” They’re obviously comparing Romo to characters in Star Wars mythology with extraordinary powers, super abilities, and keen senses. There’s no doubt that Romo...

Download last night’s Blog Talk Show

Download last night’s Blog Talk Show

Last night we had a great show on Blog Talk Radio where John Harris of the Piitsburgh Tribune-Review and Donovan Lewis of Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket were our guests. Click for Shawn P. Williams Now on Blog Talk Radio!!!! We covered the Steelers and Cowboys game from every angle....

Happy Birthday to Alpha Phi Alpha!!!

Happy Birthday to Alpha Phi Alpha!!!

In our dear A Phi A fraternal spirit binds. All the noble, the true, and courageous. Manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind Are the aims of our dear fraternity. Happy Founders Day to all the Ice Cold Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INCORPORATED! It has been 102...

Baylor looks to place Diabetes Center in South Dallas

Baylor looks to place Diabetes Center in South Dallas

Jason Roberson of the Dallas Morning News reports on an exciting development in the area of health for Southern Dallas. Today, Baylor Health Care System is going to put a center in South Dallas to help fight sugar. You know sugar a.k.a. diabetes. That’s how the disease was always spoken...

In NCAA Black Football Coaches are a dying breed

In NCAA Black Football Coaches are a dying breed

Ty Willingham deserved to be let go by Washington, in contrast to his unceremonious demise at Notre Dame. If Sylvester Croom hadn’t resigned at Mississippi State, he would have rightly been fired. And Ron Prince, well he just didn’t get it done at Kansas State. But everybody gets fired in...

Progressivism on the Rise – Shawn Williams in Dallas Morning News

Progressivism on the Rise – Shawn Williams in Dallas Morning News

Here’s the text of an article that I wrote which appears in Monday’s Dallas Morning News. It wasn’t up on the web yet. The 2008 election marked the death of liberalism, or at the very least, hastened its demise. Since the victory of Barack Obama and Democrats nationwide, an abundance...

Change.gov, Barack Obama transition website up and running

Change.gov, Barack Obama transition website up and running

The Obama campaign has quickly shifted into Obama administration mode. The first sign of this is the Change.gov website for the office of the President-Elect. The website asks visitors to “tell us your story and the issues that matter most to you” and “share with us your concerns and hopes.”...

Susan Rice poised for role in Obama White House, Darfur backround a plus

Susan Rice poised for role in Obama White House, Darfur backround a plus

One person I’ve been following throughout the election is Susan Rice. I caught up with her briefly at the DNC Convention in the bowels of the Pepsi Center but she didn’t have a whole lot to say. Rice was one of Obama’s Senior Foreign Policy advisers during the presidential campaign....

Paris Texas NAACP Brandon McClelland Position Statement & Hate Crime statement

Paris Texas NAACP Brandon McClelland Position Statement & Hate Crime statement

From Paris Texas NAACP President Dr. Joann Ondrovik NAACP Paris, Texas – Unit 6213 October 28th, 2008 Brandon McClelland Position Statement On October 28th, 2008, members of the Paris, Texas NAACP – Unit 6213 met to discuss the murder of Brandon McClelland and our zero tolerance response to any hate...

8 Races that I’ll be watching on Tuesday night

8 Races that I’ll be watching on Tuesday night

On Tuesday, all of the attention will be at the top of the ballot as we watch the election returns come in. But there are dozens of races nationwide that bear watching for the astute political observer. Here are the races I’ll be monitoring Tuesday night. Minnesota 6th U.S. Congressional...