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I couldn't not write about this one. Or at least post the link. Justice and retribution and revenge have a troubling past and present i...

The follow up to the story I wrote about the tragic shooting Oxnard earlier this month is that they are indeed going to try the young man (j...

It worries me that we have to do studies like this , too. It also heartens me, some, that there are those out there who are, at the very le...

Ok ... I am still catching up on my newspaper reading... I just read this article, and I am left wondering, is this a revelation? I realize...

Bill Moyers has got to be one of my most favorite people. Every week he throws down the real deal. It is frequently very difficult truths t...

I made it to the gym today, just barely. I need only two more miles this week to make all my training miles for the week (only 12 this week,...

On the anniversary of his life being taken so violently, I am remembering Malcolm X and wishing I knew more about him. We are living some hi...

Really, is it just me, or are all of the articles I have read lately not NEWS (at least, to me?). All of this seems as plain as the nose on ...

I guess I understand the "hangover of perception" that is discussed in this article. It's not unlike the perception that peopl...

Last evening, a few of my friends joined me at Pasand Lounge for an anti-valetines celebration (and divorce anniversary party -- 5 years th...

Yesterday, a young man took a gun to school (just a few blocks from where my parents live) with the intention of ending the life of another ...

I am really unhappy about the Hillary bashing. It is not about thinking that she is the best candidate. I am not sure about that... I find ...

Far too often, we essentialize to the point of not seeing the whole picture. This is clearly the case with regard to charter schools. Havi...

I am a news junkie... I mainline it all day long. I read stories about horrible, brutal killings. I read as much political talk as I can bef...

Yes...I have been back posting. If you haven't been here in a while...check through these: Lighten your load with this story about givin...

or your VCR (if you, like me, are still working with 20th century technology).... A Prince Among Slaves debuted on PBS on February 4th, but...

Thanks, Renea . Not sure I can abide by rules 4 and 5... I don't really know enough bloggers. Six non-important things/habits/quirks......

It's two days from our primary election in California... and I am still undecided. It is the same choice I have had for months... Obama ...

An apt beginning to Black History Month... listen in good health. It's a wonderful story with a truly beautiful lesson. Oh...and I gue...

I am thankful for the gifts the universe keeps depositing on my doorstep; even when I don't think I have time to read ONE MORE THING. No...