“The events which transpired five thousand years ago, five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five years from now or five thousand years from now. All history is a current event.” – Dr John Henrik Clarke – What do you think about Black History Month? Personally, …
The Hate and the Quake Published on 1/17/2010 BY SIR HILARY BECKLES THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES is in the process of conceiving how best to deliver a major conference on the theme Rethinking And Rebuilding Haiti. I am very keen to provide an input into this exercise because for too long there has …
This is the story of a 19 year old young man, born to Ghanaian parents, raised by an Italian family. In case you have never heard of Mario Balotelli, he is an accomplished soccer player for the soccer club known as Internazionale in Italy. This article, however, is not about his accomplishments, his technical skill …
Republicans are always looking to pad diversity on its public image. We all saw just how far they were willing to go in appointing Michael Steele as the Chair of the party. The Republicans are holding their National Convention next week, and they’ve found another, albeit small way to show that they’re an all inclusive …
Guess what? US soldiers in Iraq (and other key locations on the “war against terror”) use guns that have bible passages inscribed on them. Let it sink in. the military says “omg we had no idea this was going on!” The gun manufacturers- who have signed a multi-BILLION dollar contract (for our tax dollars) by …