I was driving home from church yesterday and it was like the further I drove, the more it seemed like my day was going by faster and faster. What propelled me into this “twilight zone” of sorts? With every passing light, the gas prices seemed to rise by leaps and bounds. It could [...]

I watched yesterday as many individuals recounted their experiences with Falwell. Many others, friends of his no doubt, fought verbally to defend his “honor.” I listened to Larry King live, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN and many others talk about what legacy, if any, he would leave. It seems to be very apparent that [...]

When did the moral fiber of American change? When did Christians become cowards and back down from defending their beliefs? I look around and see a country that is constantly deteriorating because it has some how lost its moral character. In a country where Lucy and Ricky used to sleep in two separate beds [...]

I was watching Fox News as I often do, and I was intrigued by a story they were reporting today. In America, marriage is on the decline. I reported months ago on marriage officially no longer being the majority choice for Americans. Divorce is on the rise, 53% of first marriages end in divorce [...]

I refuse to quit in ‘07 because it makes you become everything but what you are worth,
I will not quit in ‘07, because my value is greater on the Earth,
Walking away from destiny only denies what is inside of me,
sent down from Heaven, there is strength and blessings in ‘07,
The struggle produces the tension like [...]

Under the Bush administration, education has become a “hot button” issue for politicians, educators, community activists, and school districts.  Although schools had problems and room for improvement before President Bush’s tenure in office, one of his policies has  escalated the problem.  What is this policy? It is called the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB)  policy.  [...]

We often her about the drug dealers, street hustlers and members of various gangs, but we rarely get a chance to explore what caused them to head in that direction. Although their actions are not warranted on the streets, their pathways to those actions are often important to understanding why they are involved in [...]

Barack Obama is often considered as a clean cut, polished, eloquent and charismatic politician. He is viewed as one of the few politicians in America that has managed to campaign and get elected to office without a major scandal. In his few years in office with the Senate, he has managed to become [...]

 
 
When I was growing up in the Dallas area, my mother would “adopt” other children and treat them as her own. She would often be the only positive parental influence in their lives. We treated them like siblings. Her goal was to impart Christian principles, educational standards, life skills and love into [...]

There is a series on HBO called THE WIRE that explores the lives of young people, schools, drug dealers, police, and politicians in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. The show is compelling for several reasons. It raises critical questions about politics, schools, and social systems and the way they all tend to break down [...]