Sadly Senator Barack Obama’s grandmother died one day before his name was announced as the next President of the United States. He traveled to Hawaii to visit her. Many had speculated about his reasons for going to see her. He didn’t have to tell the world he might have known her battle with cancer was [...]
I grew up in the projects of Harlem and the Bronx. Most would love to believe that my mother was a young teen who had children out of wedlock. It is considered the norm for poor black women today. She was married, had two children, and then got divorced, in that order.
My [...]
Andrew Feinberg, Shannon Renee and I were sitting in my favorite spot in D.C., Legal Seafood. Some one spotted a protest across the street. Andrew and I immediately ran out to see what it was about. Once we reached the protesters we discovered it was a protest about the movie “Blindness”. I discovered is that [...]
Ironic how the Vice Presidential debate has moved to have Republican VP Nominee Sarah Palin compete against the Journalist Gwen Ifill instead of the Democratic VP Nominee Joe Biden. It seems Ifill is easier to take down than Biden since he has experience debating women for both the Presidential and VP slots. It looks like [...]
Last night the Senate voted on a revised bill of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. They rejected the bill that failed the House vote by 12. Republicans were the largest opponents to that bill. The bill started out as four pages from President Bush with little to no oversight, to a version where the House [...]
The Digital Divide discussion arose in a digital transition session at the Congressional Black Caucus week. The session was called It Takes a Village to Stay Connected in the New Digital Era.
The focus of the discussion was about the DTV coupons. These are coupons for converter boxes to assist people to transition from analog [...]
