After the decision by the United States Supreme Court regarding Affirmative Action was announced last week dozens of articles have been written to applaud or oppose it. This article will do neither. It is about time for our community to get off the merry-go-round of lies…
The problem with politics is that it involves politicians. We routinely get politicians when what we need are leaders. Leadership is not telling people what they want to hear in order to get elected or get attention. True leadership is…
There is nothing more dangerous than a person with a gun . . . a badge, and no accountability under the law. Luckily that is a rarity, right? The truth is that police brutality and misconduct happens way more than…
Having been inspired and energized by the President’s announcement of My Borther’s Keeper Initiative I must ask the question: what can be done to substantially increase the number of African-American college graduates? One answer is . . . athletics! And…
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” —Demosthenes— “We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.” —John W. Gardner— “Life is an ever-shifting kaleidoscope- a slight change, and all patterns alter.”…