Ramblings

UNITED STATES—Last week I heard stunning news that left me slightly numb. A police officer placed a child (who was 9) in cuffs. It wasn’t only the fact that the officer placed this child in cuffs, it’s the fact that the cuffs where placed near his biceps, a place that created extreme discomfort for the child for anyone who...

UNITED STATES—It is a question that many people who are not so tech savvy have asked themselves rather its smarter to have a debit card or cash? It is something that I have debated for years, and I mean years people. Just 3 months ago, I finally got a debit card after being constantly annoyed by my bank. I...

UNITED STATES—As much as I love Christmas, I honestly love the weeks right after Christmas a bit more. Why? The deals after the holidays are so grand, you wish you’d actually wait till AFTER the holidays to buy gifts and give to people. I mean, most of us are clamoring to get budgets in order, viewing those receipts and...

UNITED STATES—Sometimes I feel much older than I think I am some days. It seems the younger generations are so obsessed with technology, their phones and all things social media it is impossible to have a conversation with them. So understand my surprise this past week while attending a funeral that so many of my first cousins and to...

UNITED STATES—This week I really want to tackle a topic of importance that we rarely talk about in America: cheating. It is something so many people encounter in relationships; rather one is dating or married. Rather you have been cheated on or the perpetrator who got caught cheating, it’s not a great feeling America. So we’ve heard the theory...

UNITED STATES—I’m not the biggest sports fan, but when it comes to sports I love college football and college basketball. The biggest reason is that you actually see athletes fighting for something; they have something to prove if you ask me. What I find more interesting is the rivalry that exists between certain colleges that can get fans riled...

UNITED STATES—Is it smarter to buy or is it smarter to rent? That is a question people ask themselves time and time again when it comes to property or housing. I’ve made the argument in the past and I will continue to argue it the rest of my life. Owning property is the greatest asset a person could have...

UNITED STATES—I haven’t talked about this incident because I wanted to wait and see how things would unfold because it was not only a major scar on the United States, but the UCLA Basketball team. Why? Well, it never looks good when a scandal transpires, but it’s worse when the scandal involves a well-known sports team in another country. When...

UNITED STATES—I haven’t played a video game in nearly 20 years America. Yes, it really has been that long for me. So last week I talked about one of the hottest items hit the store shelves just in time for the Christmas holiday: the SNES classic. It was the iconic video game system from Nintendo that arrived in the...

UNITED STATES—Family is the most important thing in the world to me, but it seems the older that I get the more that we drift apart. We are only reminded of how important the bond of family is when a crisis strikes. I have not yet shared this tale, but it’s of importance to me to shed a bit...