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Just like her husband requested yesterday, she brought their baby into his bedroom, which also doubled as his study, and then walked briskly across to the second room of the congested apartment into the waiting arms of her boyfriend.
With...
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On a recent visit to Germany, I observed that Germany, like most western nations, has lots of Africans who are seeking refuge from economic, social and political annihilation that home has become. As part of the struggle to stay in these western...
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This is a rejoinder to this.
By now, those who follow the politics of Obama’s opponents know the drill. First Obama is accused of something … like why did he stay with the same church if…, why didn’t he leave?… the moment he leaves, he is...
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Not long ago, on my way to Boston, I was thinking of an article I called “Just Before You Kill Your Wife.” At STOP signs, traffic lights, hold ups, I would get a pen and scribble few lines that came to my mind that I might forget by the time I get...
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George W. Bush will not survive one Wednesday as a British Prime Minister.
In fact, he would have resigned if told he would be subjected to the rigorous question and answer session that Prime Ministers undergo every Wednesday in the House of...
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Some wear their passion on their sleeves, some have theirs buried deep inside their bones.
Living life without knowing, harnessing and reaching one’s passion is like having sex without knowing, harnessing and reaching orgasm.
Passion is that...
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Tomorrow
I’ll sit at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed,–
I, too, am America.
- From “I, too, Sing...
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What if the Republican candidate for president is Colin Powell and the Democratic candidate is Barack Obama?
What will the story be? Experience versus lack thereof? Military service versus lack thereof? Establishment versus change? 20th century...
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A little less than 150 years ago, Blacks in large parts of America were just slave. They had no rights. No voices. They were mere properties of White slave owners.
While the rest of the world began to disengage from slavery, Southern states of...
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“It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.” - J. C. Watts
Today, Hillary Clinton did what many have expected her to do last Tuesday. She enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama for president...
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