On April 3, back in Memphis, King gave his last sermon, saying, “We’ve got some difficult days ahead, but it really doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
October 2000, Place de la République in Paris: the first of what would become an endless series of ambiguous pro-Palestinian demonstrations welcomed the snake of anti-Semitism into its heart. “Death to the Jews†rang out loud and clear that day as policemen stood by, journalists watched with apparent indifference, and the mass of demonstrators thronged […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
WORLD’S WORST REGIMES UNVEILED Several of the World’s Greatest Human Rights Violators Sit on UN Human Rights Panel GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, March 31, 2005 — Freedom House today released its annual list of the world’s most repressive regimes at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Six are members of the UN body, charged with monitoring […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. – Harry S Truman (1884 – 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959
Of course one of the first things my wife wanted to do moving back to the Los Angeles area was to go to a good weave shop in Crenshaw. Unlike most times where I would either stay in the car or just stay home altogether, I decided to tag along for the trip. When we […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The following article was posted on the website of the Black Vegetarian Society of Georgia and was written by Dr. Stephen Tates of the Tates Nutritional Institute. Please check out both of these sites as they contain valuable information pertaining to one of our greatest gifts–life. ============= There are many “Myths of Fasting.” Some of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Concerns regarding the safety of soy formula were raised after two studies revealed that the amounts of soy isoflavone genistein, a chemical found in commercial soy formulas, might inhibit the intestinal growth in babies. There is a great deal of merit surrounding this concern, particularly because nearly 25 percent of formula-fed babies in the United […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ophthalmologists at the University of Minnesota say that a condition that causes permanent vision loss has been diagnosed in a small group of men who have taken the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. The condition, nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), described as “stroke of the eye,” occurs when blood flow is cut off to the optic […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you have not seen this commercial yet, please click on the link below and get ready to laugh. You too can be ghetto for $19.95 and still keep your suburban-ness
I mentioned on this site several times in the past, I really enjoy dealing with todays’ issues from more of a historical perspective. To me, it is getting to the root of the problem. All of this surfacey stuff that we see and read today is just time-consuming noise. I came across this story recently […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blog name: Cynthia’s Interests Author: Cynthia Daniels Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States A little bit about the author: “I received a BS in Accounting. I worked as a Tax Accountant for several years. After many grueling tax busy seasons, I decided it was time for a career change. I enrolled in a Masters program and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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