I’M ON VACATION
I don’t have my computer. A friggin’ APPLE MacBook is in the friggin’ shop–and I don’t have one. I’m blogging on my friend’s computer, typing a sermon on a typewriter […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
The New Peculiar Institution
I’m not going to be able to watch this year’s “Black In America, Pt. 2” with America’s favorite Soledad O’Brien. I did have the opportunity to watch it last year […]
Things This Uppity Negro Likes: American Cities Pt. 1: Washington, D.C.
Anyone who’s known me since about, oh, 2005 knows where my ultimate goal in life is: Washington, D.C. I know sometimes you’re supposed to keep some things “close to your […]
To All My Single Ladies
This has been an age old question I’ve always wanted to know concerning women and their relationships with married men: why do mistresses always think that they are the number […]
The Danger of Diversity
The Riverside Church of Manhattan on the Upper West Side comes to mind when one thinks of bastions of ecclesial liberalism. And generally one calls to mind famous pastors of […]
Again, on this Independence Day…
In the spirit of laziness and the fact that I couldn’t think of anything else that I could really say different than what I did last summer, I’m running the […]
Breaking News: Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor
So, it just dropped on the news wire, so to speak (clearly we have internet now with telephones and emails and Blackberrys) but that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, former Republican […]
Members of the Black Church Should Demand A Return on Investment
I remember in my Finance 101 class the professor giving us the formulas for how to figure out return on investment of the principal or capital deposit. The answer usually […]
Speaking Truths That Empower
Most liberals are familiar with the phrase “[speak] truth to power” which I always loosely associated with social justice messages, particularly those from the pulpit. But, when pressed on the […]
