Whew! Talk about a horse race. Yesterday was yet another busy one for me which explains the slow activity on my part. Fortunately I had time to follow many of the primary races across the country as I took care of non-related business. Here are the numbers just in case you missed it. On the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The New York Times today has reported that over 1,000 people have been killed due to a growing conflict in Kenya stemming from recent elections. While many of us have been preoccupied with our own presidential race, this conflict in Kenya has not shown no sign of slowing down. Garrett Jones of the Foreign Policy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many of these folks are at the top of the game, period! The Top-Earning African-American Stars Lea Goldman Forbes.com ust 15 years old and already winner of six junior championships, a young Tiger Woods told a magazine reporter in 1991, “I’m not out just to be the best black player. I want to be the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Medicaid Kids In Psych-RX $urge By SUSAN EDELMAN and MELISSA KLEIN February 3, 2008 — New York state’s Medicaid program paid $82.8 million in 2006 for two dozen psychiatric drugs for tens of thousands of children – with many of the meds not FDA-approved for kids, records obtained by The Post show. Use of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Allow me to give you an example. Here is Prop 93 here in California: LIMITS ON LEGISLATORS’ TERMS IN OFFICE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. * Reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years. * Allows a person to serve a total of 12 years […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had just left a parent/teacher meeting last week when I ran into the mother of one of my daughter’s classmates. As we were just catching up on life, she told me that she was unsure whether or not if they were going to keep her children in the homeschool program (to bring y’all up […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
***UPDATE 2/4/08*************************** I just came across this article in Salon.com. Mind you, Salon.com, like most other media outlets have been very kind to Obama. The fact that they did this article is worth the mention in of itself. Here is a sneak peek: Obama’s dealings with his hinky friend have never led him afoul of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Series to chronicle retraining days for Vick’s dogs LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) – National Geographic Channel said Monday that its new series “Dogtown” will spend the next few months documenting the attempted rehabilitation of dogs that belonged to jailed Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick. (more…)
I think it has been about 2 weeks now since we kicked cable and had AT&T install its U-verse system in our home. I really liked cable because in my experience it always gave me a reliable internet connection. Unfortunately I cannot say the same thing about DSL. Probably the biggest negative I saw with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honoring the Negro Business League Tallahassee businesswoman named Ebony ‘young leader’ U.S. Chamber of Commerce has roots in B.T. Washington’s work By Will Brown DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER Today is the first day of a month that traditionally highlights the achievement of African-Americans in the United States. The legacy of the National Negro Business League, however, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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