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As we wind down Independence Day, many “patriots”, and I use that term loosely, are missing the point. Christine Emba in the Washington Post explains how those whom criticize are exercising the fullest expression of American citizenship. The United States is an idea not based on blood and soil, but...
Petula Dvorak hits the nail on the head when she discusses the death of a 22 year old black male student from Bowie State. This occured in the hands of a 23 year old white student at the University of Maryland College Park. The excuse makers are nothing but white...
I found a sort of morbid comfort in the fact that Jon Stewart had the same problem that I did yesterday after the news broke about the attack in Charleston. No jokes. No mirth, no whimsy, no quips. No happiness. Just a head full of questions, and a heart that will...
Last Friday, millions of people worldwide watched Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner announce that he is transgender. Before being Kendall and Kylie‘s dad, and well before the Kardashian days, Jenner was seen as a hero, having earned the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympic games. He...
What feels like days long since passed, I have fancied myself a “sneaker aficionado,” or what urban America simply refers to today as — a hypebeast. Whether it was stacking my lunch money to save up for the new Jays, waiting over night outside in the rain for “Invisible Air...
It is perhaps inherent to the human condition to be unable to accept reality, to confront it with all of its flaws and fallacies, mishaps and injustices. We are frightened by truth and often prefer to see life as an illusion, a mirage that attempts to negate all that we...
Last year’s Super Bowl matchup between the Broncos and the Seahawks generated 111.5 million viewers, and this year promises to be no different. Americans love their football — there is seemingly nothing better than football Sunday, when men (and select women) put their feet up, guzzle down beers with the boys, and bow...
Our forefathers, resistant to political parties, recognized the plight that would come to affect our government if partisanship arose. Today, our political world suffers from a lack of levelheaded communication, and is often hindered by an inability to compromise. The core of our democracy—its citizenry—relies on being politically involved and informed....
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) The history of the United States is profoundly connected to the institution of slavery. It was enslaved labor that...
Martin Scorcese’s latest vehicle, The Wolf Of Wall Street, has become the most polarizing film of 2013. Shot in classic Scorsese style, with quick pans, freeze frames, and a running 1st person narrative, Wolf is based on the memoirs of self-proclaimed Wolf Of Wall Street Jordan Belfort and the depravity encapsulated in...