Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     Jackson believes that PTSD is a serious mental health illness that afflicted vets should be able to counterattack with medical marijuana provided through the Veterans Affairs’ healthcare system, an option that’s prohibited because marijuana, regardless of its use, is illegal under federal law.  

     We may be living in the denouement of American democracy.  Especially as it touches free and just and fair elections.  Degree by degree those driven by the Big Lie are determined to forego the democratic voting process for a virulent, extreme political allegiance.

  In the strongest possible terms, the NAACP condemns the incendiary comments made by Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick in an interview with Fox News this past week. Plain and simple, unvaccinated African Americans in Texas are not the cause of the surging cases of COVID-19 plaguing the state, nor is this the case across the country. These are the facts.

      On July 27th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an updated guidance to Americans, which has been up-dated again on August 12th, 2021. Essentially the CDC is issuing new guidance every two weeks as they gather more knowledge about this highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19.

      The Afghanistan bungled withdrawal has appeared to cause immeasurable guilt for Americans sympathetic with the plight of Afghans caught in harm’s way of the Taliban, especially amongst a core of military veterans. The enduring motto of Veterans is, “leave no fellow soldier behind.” Understandably, this honorable vow has resulted with the savings of countless lives. For our military to mainTain this value within its ranks, it has required tremendous valor and sacrifices.

I had the honor to sit down and interview with one of the fastest human beings in the world along with his family. It was indeed a pleasure. As a matter fact that young man is only 10-years-old and he’s the fastest 10-year-old in the world in the 400 meters. One might imagine that a young man with such great talents would be boisterous, egotistical, and just a plain old jerk.

     Chinweizu in “Decolonizing the African Mind” speaks of Nigeria’s willingness to unnecessarily enter into debt. This African author explains that the habit of spending beyond means is the reason for the inability of the country to get debt free. He goes on further to explain that with the sacrifice of the citizens and officials, the country could have gotten out of debt in two years. He accurately predicted that the government and the people would be unwilling to go without the new luxuries that they had only recently become accustomed to in order to eradicate what is owed.