Last week it was announced that the Chinese government had revoked the passport of Joey Cheeks, founder and president of Team Darfur. Cheeks is a former speed skater who won a gold medal in the 2006 Turin Olympics. Team Darfur is an international association of athletes devoted to raising awareness...
In June 2001, President George W. Bush told the world that he had looked then Russian Vladimir Putin in the eye and “was able to get a sense of his soul.” So then shouldn’t Mr. Bush have sensed Prime Minister Putin’s incursion into Georgia this past week? This conflict between...
If you looked in Saturday’s paper, you would have seen a little bitty story in Sports Day titled DISD investigation clears South Oak Cliff. According to The Dallas Morning News, allegations of improper grade changing for the school’s Class 4A state championships in the 2004-05 and 2006-07 seasons were unfounded....
On Tuesday August 12, 2008, Dallas South will convene a live blog to discuss the upcoming Democratic National Convention. This will be a brainstorming session that is open to all. Dallas South is one of 125 blogs that have been granted credentials for this historic event. The live blog’s primary...
The first time Bernie Mac appeared on Def Comedy Jam he turned it out. In those early years Jamie Foxx, Steve Harvey, Adele Givens, Sheryl Underwood and Flex hit the comedy scene running. But it was Bernie Mac and Chris Tucker who were the absolute stand outs. Explicit content contained...
Mike Davis of Dallas Progress posts and interesting historical find on his blog. Mike’s mother-in-law came across a poll tax receipt from a post municipal election. Here’s what Mike had to say in his post titled A Piece of History. My Mother-in-law found her receipt from 1963. This was when...
As you can imagine, this isn’t my strongest category. I pride myself on width of knowledge, but that width doesn’t include Rock. With that said, I choose Lenny Kravitz this week. Happy OSF!!!
Roland Martin, CNN contributor, has written an interesting article regarding Bill Clinton and his continued harping on how we was dealt the race card. Here are some of the highlights from Why Bill Clinton’s Still Upset. Poor Bill. Stuck in no man’s land, no longer able to stand before adoring...
