Jun 7 2008
It is interesting that in this year’s race for president there is less emphasis on the issues. Between Obama and McCain are a lot of differences in how they will tackle issues. One will pull out of Iraq and one will stay forever. One will let the...
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Jun 6 2008
Hugs are for hippies Kisses are for sissies The fists of game over Are arts of legends. Knuckles scream and surge Charge through heated air Crushing doubts and fears Knocking cruelty into coma No palm gathers an urge And bottle it in a jar Floored...
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Jun 5 2008
Part one This same question re-emerged recently as I analyzed the travails of an African woman named Nkechi (Not her real name) Before Nkechi came to America, she was a African trained professional working at a leading financial institution in Africa....
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Jun 5 2008
Tuesday was good for Obama but was special good to me in many ways. For on Tuesday, America made me see its promises live. It made me believe in a very endearing way in these United States. Tuesday was good for America because many finally got the...
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Jun 3 2008
The first time this question crossed my mind was in the summer of 1997. I was sitting on my famous desk in a Laundromat owned by a family member in Norfolk, Virginia, when Tuwanda (not her real name), the-one-who-would-have-been-my-girlfriend, walked...
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Jun 1 2008
We knew it would run out of gas, but not this fast. But thanks to the Texas cowboy, the conservative movement is in its last throes. Honest ones amongst them are acknowledging that the brand is in trouble. Tom Davis said that, “Members...
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May 31 2008
Over three times in two years, I upgraded the advance I paid my Dad to write his autobiography. Intermittently, he would start and then abandon the project. I listened to his excuses but I didn’t give up on him. I kept the pressure by insisting...
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May 30 2008
Puff! Puff! Puff! I once saw two mountains kiss Flashes of epiphany swamped the sky But this chest bump Of the one destined for Rushmore Only got me submerged In a river of fragmented laughter. Stone muscles, mashed brain Marching tears, trifle...
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May 29 2008
Part one I met her again a year after at another summer event for students. This time, it was confrontation time. Why didn’t you reply my letter? Why didn’t you send me the handout I asked? What’s wrong with you? You may be all that but come...
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May 29 2008
In the White House, we have always known that President George W. Bush and his Press Secretary are like two sides of the same coin. One is a dumb lying ass of a man who hits the bottle like fraternity boys when under stress and the other is George W....
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