Maybe we should just call it the K-Mac Invitational. For the 2nd year in a row, K-Mac has shown that he has a superior basketball brain, as he correctly predicted the Kansas Jayhawks would win the championship. I’m expecting a victory speech in the near future.
The Metro section seemed like an odd place or Jeffrey Weiss’ article regarding Dr. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, but I’m guessing he was moved by his experience at the Black Church Summit a couple of weeks ago. See Weiss’ article Obama pastor’s sermons highlight racial divide. There’s not much new here,...
This speaks for itself. 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country,” gave up his student deferment, left college in Virginia and voluntarily joined the Marines. In 1963,...
From the office of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Dear Friend, I firmly believe that the burden of peacemaking and peace building cannot be left to one institution, gender or political party. It must be a shared responsibility that encompasses all, regardless of race, class, gender and religion. I began A...
I don’t have time to unpack this right now, but all of you need to know who Father Pfleger is out of Chicago. He is a white Catholic priest who ministers at a predominantly black church on the southside of Chicago – The Faith Community of St. Sabina. I’m also...
Dallas South and others are featured in an extensive article in the Philadelphia Tribune Magazine titled Blogger Nation. It is the cover story of their April edition. Click the link to see the Philly Tribune article BLOGGER NATION. The article that is put together by Heather Faison doesn’t break any...
It is my pleasure to congratulate Howard Witt for being a finalist for a 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Howard, Southwest Bureau Chief of the Chicago Tribune, was a finalist in the category of National Reporting for his examination of racial issues in America. I count Mr. Witt as a friend of...
On Tuesday, General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker will testify before Congress on the status of the so-called War in Iraq. The testimony comes after a spike in violence in Iraq. The two are expected to tout the overall levels of violence that have dropped to points...
CNN’s Roland Martin talks to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton about top issues on Americans mind today are the economy and the war in Iraq. Forty years ago Dr. King was focused on the war in Vietnam and the economy. Martin asks Sen. Clinton “What must Americans do to advance the...
