Health
Hastings blasts republicans’ health care repeal vote
Recently, Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) made the following statement regarding H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act. […]
Year: 2012
Local Sports
Anthony Givins resuscitates Gibbs High Track Program
If you were born and raised in St. Petersburg, then you are well aware of the rich sports tradition at Gibbs High School. They have produced NFL players, professional boxers, Major League Baseball players. […]
Local Sports
Jeff Mack gets better with time
For some sprinters life in the fast lane only lasts for about 10 to 12 years. However, that is not the case for Jeff Mack, who was a star sprinter a Dunedin High School in 1991 […]
Local Sports
Bernard Reedy, Jr. is making his mark at the University of Toledo
How do you allow a talented young man who amassed over 3,000 yards of total offense and 36 touchdowns as a high school senior to leave the state of Florida? Among other things Bernard Reedy, Jr. was listed as one of the top 100 athletes in the country during his senior year according to Rivals.com, which is a nationwide scouting service who rates perspective football players […]
Local Sports
Tahrell Jones named Valedictorian at Lakewood High School
The Lakewood Spartans athletic program has a rich history when it comes to producing great athletes since the 1970’s with David Booze, Tron Armstrong. Who both, went on to have brief professional NFL stints […]
International
The politics of truth is a political maelstrom
For sure, much of America is focused on the President Barack Obama’s bid for re-election against Mitt Romney, who has all but secured the GOP Presidential nomination. […]
Editorials
Superintendent Robert Runcie and President Barack Obama: Two Peas in a Pod?
As Robert Runcie nears completion of his first year as superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, the manner in which he plans to run things seems very clear; like President Barack Obama. […]
Video
Mitt Romney Booed At NAACP Convention For Saying He Would Eliminate ObamaCare
During his Wednesday morning speech before the NAACP Convention in Houston, Texas, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney explained that his plans include reducing government spending by eliminating “every nonessential expensive program I can find, and that includes ObamaCare.” Although several other Romney policy proposals were met with applause, the health-care remark was met with significant booing. […]
Advice
Ending the cradle to prison PipelineTM and Mass Incarceration the New American Jim Crow
A Black boy born in 2001 has a one in three chance of going to prison in his lifetime and a Latino boy a one in six chance of the same fate. The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate […]
Editorials
How it looks on the outside is not always an indication of what is going on in the inside
“You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. — Matthew 23:6 (NASB) […]