Labor Week

UNITED STATES—Anticipation is something that can be both a good thing and a bad thing at the same time. It gives us something to look forward to, but at the same time, it can psychologically destroy the mind when those expectations fail to deliver. Let me give you an example. I seriously cannot remember the last time I literally...

UNITED STATES—Monday night my world was rocked to the core when I saw the video of the chaos that was erupting in Baltimore, Maryland. It sickened me to the core, but as scary as it sounds I feared this would happen. I recently wrote a column about “Police Corruption” addressing the issue of the number of unarmed African-Americans who...

UNITED STATES—Its amazing when you take a moment to reflect back on your life. This weekend I attended my niece’s third birthday party at a place that seems to be the greatest place in the world to children: Chuck E Cheese. Yes, this is a place that I frequented quite a bit as a child, but it wasn’t my...

UNITED STATES—By now, I’m certain everyone has heard about the South Carolina police officer who fatally shot an unarmed African-American male last week. The story drew so much media melee because footage of the actual incident was captured by a bystander. What America and the rest of the country soon learned was that this cop was looking to cover his...

UNITED STATES—To me it always seemed like going to college was an elitist thing.  Not everyone gets the opportunity to go, so those that do tend to make the best of it.  However, I always wondered why getting into college is such a competitive field when so many of us are attending public universities?  The reason this argument is...