“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” -Isaac Asimov
“For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don’t want to learn–much.” -W.C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman
Education is the cornerstone of a civilized society, the center of hopes, and the stairway to unrealized dreams. Education is arguably one of [...]

“My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife, you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” -Socrates
 
Marriage is often put on a pedestal as the ultimate commitment between two people. It is viewed as “the institution” for couples “in love.” This institution used to be the goal of [...]

Imagine you are sitting in an audience at a comedy show with a predominately white audience. The white comic comes to the stage and after his introductions and “thank yous,” he looks through the audience and notices you, an African American. The next thing out of his mouth is, “I see there’s some black people [...]

Pop culture can become dangerous when trends, phrases and acts are associated as race specific. In the American world of political corectness, we have become so “correct” that in our efforts to “not offend” any one, we often do. Dialect is often confused with ethnic language, cultural fashions are confused with racial [...]

My parents raised me to erase the words “can’t” from my vocabulary. My siblings and I were scolded anytime the word found its way into our minds and matriculated by way of audible expression from our mouth. “Can’t” is synonymous for ignoring potential, stifling greatness, and walking away from purpose. “Can’t” is [...]

Congress has an ability to create scripts that cannot be written by the greatest screenwriters or thought up by the most imaginative individuals. The real life situations displayed through our governing body make movies less interesting, books more boring, and TV more of a pass time. Why engulf yourself in these forms of [...]