Archive for January, 2009
So let me get this straight…
The 11-5 New England Patriots didn’t make the playoffs, and the 9-7 Arizona Cardnials are in the Super Bowl? something is extremely odd about that, but I can’t think of a witty cliche’ to summarize it…
Read moreEddie Curry’s Baby’s Mother Murdered in Chicago
By Casey Gane-McCalla, Assistant Editor January 25, 2009 12:53 pm An attorney for New York Knicks player Eddy Curry says a woman found slain in Chicago is Curry’s former girlfriend and the mother of his 3-year-old son. Attorney Kelly Saindon said Sunday in Chicago that Curry — a former player for the Chicago Bulls [...]
Read moreAn 'Obama Effect' on Blacks' Test Scores?
Sharon Begley On only the fourth day of his presidency, it’s obviously way too soon to assess whether Barack Obama’s effect on African-Americans will extend beyond providing hope and inspiration. Will he, for instance, goad black students to higher achievement, since he is living proof that working hard can pay off? One intriguing hint of [...]
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. Hermann Hesse Swiss (German-born) author (1877 – 1962)
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“[Hollywood is] a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.” -marylin monroe
Read moreJENA SIX TEEN SHOOTS HIMSELF
One of the teenagers arrested in the “Jena Six” case has been hospitalized after shooting himself in the chest, reports the Associated Press. Mychal Bell, one of six black teens charged with beating a white classmate at Jena High School in December 2006, wounded himself around 7:40 p.m. in Monroe, La, where he [...]
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