Saturday, May 31, 2008

Duke/NCCU: Can't We All Just Get Along

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted a blog. It’s not because there’s nothing to write about. I’m distressed that the Durham City Manager has...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Chronicle Column Damages NCCU/Duke Relations

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Its days like this that make me regret having earned a master’s degree at Duke University. It has been hard enough having to exp...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Hillary Plays the Race Card

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Hillary Clinton is far too intelligent to make a comment like that without understanding how it would be perceived. Up until she made that f...
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Monday, May 5, 2008

A New Day

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Tuesday is the big day in North Carolina. Democratic voters will decide between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Never before has this nati...
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Friday, May 2, 2008

Obama versus Wright

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I’m so pissed by the drama involving Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama. I keep pondering why people are so consumed with concerns related to ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Thanks for Helping Skye

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On tomorrow, Friday, April 11, 2002, Skye Lee will be put to rest. Skye, an 18-year old student at Northern High School, was killed while he...
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Monday, March 17, 2008

The Fear of Blackness

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Let me state up front that I love, respect and admire Jeremiah Wright. Wright, retired pastor of the Trinity United Church in Chicago, is un...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The Assumption of Privilege

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What is it about Andy Rothschild that grants him special favor with the Durham City Council? From all appearances, dude is running things do...
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Friday, February 29, 2008

The Other Side of Prison

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Have we become the Loc Em Up States of America? According to a recent study released by the Pew Center on the States, one in every 100 adult...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Bowser Runs, Again

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With all that drama that comes with the upcoming presidential election, it is easy to forget that residents in Durham County are facing an i...
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

I Did Not Have Sex With that Woman!

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I didn’t have sex with that woman. Here we go again. John McCain and his devoted wife stood before the world and proclaimed his innocence. T...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Another Urban Legend: Obama and the KKK

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Oh, how I wish it were true. Of all the urban legends circulating the Internet, this one takes the prize as the most ridiculous assertion of...
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Monday, December 3, 2007

The Cost of Living

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Members of our Saturday morning breakfast club listened as I shared with them my experiences of riding on the city bus. My brief experiment ...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Sean Taylor: 21 Means Change

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I’m headed to the mall to purchase a number 21 Washington Redskins jersey. It will be the first and only jersey in my closet. That thug life...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Durham: A Self-Portrait

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Steve Channing’s documentary, Durham: A Self-Portrait, gave me cause to reflect on my purpose as an advocate, minister and columnist. A few ...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Time to handoff to Jim Brown

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I was wholly disgusted when I read the “Comprehensive Gang Assessment” prepared for the city and county of Durham by Deborah Lamm Weisel and...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

A Day at Orange High School

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“I don’t think I can go to college,” the words came to easy. Tameka Chambers, a student at Orange High School hurled those repulsive words i...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

My Time on the Mountain

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I had to take a break from writing. For the past week I have put my blog on the shelf while processing a number of personal issues that made...
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Saturday, November 3, 2007

Bell versus Stith

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Thomas Stith scares me. As much as I respect him for the fire shut up in his bones, I’m afraid that he’s more mad scientist than friendly fa...
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