Affirmative Action


When monkey business mixes with politics.

I need to create a category on “stupid news.”
Last Saturday, Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski was enjoying a nice day at home when she noticed two kids next door climbing in a small magnolia tree in her neighbor’s yard. Being concerned for the kid’s safety (and the health of the tree), she went next door and addressed the [...]

Reviewing Obama’s speech

Now that we’ve had a chance to digest the speech made yesterday by Barack Obama, I just wanted to go through the speech and provide my thoughts on what was said. It might be a bit lengthy and not overly interesting for the casual reader, so if you wish to skip through the article, I wouldn’t [...]

Text of Obama’s speech on race and racism

I wanted to provide you the full text of Barack Obama’s speech on race and racism, so you would have a chance to read and comment on it.  I will provide my views and comments on the speech tomorrow after I have a chance to digest it all. 
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“We the people, in order to form a more perfect [...]

Of race and racism

I will be honest. I was hoping that after writing the articles regarding Barack Obama’s name and the Geraldine Ferraro comment last week, we would have moved beyond race and racism in this current political contest. However, I guess as long as Obama is in the hunt for the White House, race and racism will [...]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let us take a moment out of our day to remember the man who was the face of one of the greatest movements within our modern history. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pulled together the cries of the Black community calling for equality for all men and women. Many who answered the call found themselves [...]