Wednesday, February 29, 2012

From Black Panther to convict to Oscar nominee

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How's this for a resume:  Joined Black Panther Party at age fifteen Served eleven months in the infamous NY Rikers Island Jail FBI ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Clash of cultures on the court.

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Yao Ming, the Chinese basketball star said, when he first came to America, that "basketball, in America, is like a culture. For me it i...
Monday, February 27, 2012

They take home the Oscar, AND they are better parents!

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When we think of the French we certainly think of wine, cheese, fashion, culture and this years Academy Awards. What we don't necessari...
Friday, February 24, 2012

What's happened to the United States Senate?

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It was once referred to as "the world’s greatest deliberative body."  A body who can claim as its members, Daniel Webster, Abe Lin...
Monday, February 20, 2012

If the President does it, it is still illegal?

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Listening to the current crop of Republican candidates, you'd think the eight years of the Bush/Cheney administration had never happened...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Education of General David Petraeus

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We have come a long way since Vietnam. Today the American military and our returning soldiers are looked upon as heroes, who often do give ...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Are there scarier words than "we need to talk!"

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It has long been observed that the four scariest words a husband can hear are, “we need to talk.” The only thing that might be scarier is “...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Inside Apple

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Winston Churchill, in talking about the former Soviet Union, described it as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, but perhaps,...
Monday, February 13, 2012

One is not the loneliest number

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In our society today, one is no longer the loneliest number. In fact, in many places living along has become a luxury. There are currently ...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The politics of a marriage

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Politics in America has become, for better or worse, a part of our celebrity/entertainment complex. What we often forget is that inside th...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

Queen for 21,900 days

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Remember the movie, The Kings Speech ,and the oldest daughter of the man who would become King? That young girl wold herself become Queen o...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Are men designed to cheat?

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How would our society, our culture and even our politics be different if men...and even woman, could "openly" cheat. Professor Eri...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Why can't choice be a settled issue?

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The debate over artion rights has consumed our politics for decades. It seems that each time the freedom to choose seems like a settled issu...
Friday, January 27, 2012

The need to go there!!

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I have a friend who doesn’t understand the value of travel. He thinks that the virtual world provides him all of the insight he needs into n...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

How

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It was Oscar Wilde who said "the cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." For to long we've been very ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

San Francisco Bay

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San Francisco Bay is a remarkably resilient body of water. In spite of the urbanization and cosmopolitan life of the 46 cities that surround...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Up is down, down is up...

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Just as we often use living viruses to cure disease, so the Right argues that the cure for financial crises, environmental degradation, mini...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

The conscience of Los Angeles

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Bobby Kennedy used to be fond of quoting George Bernard Shaw in saying that “some men see things as they are and ask why, other see things t...