Okay, one down–one more to go. I was on the Academy Award’s list of nominees and I saw another movie I had seen last summer was up for nomination and I was like “Aw nuts! I have to do a third review” and then I realised I just don’t feel like it. But all […]
Read more "UNN Movie Review: Changeling"Okay, the Academy Awards are in two hours and some odd change, let’s see if I can knock out these movie reviews quick fast and in a hurry. Up on the docket first is “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Honest opinion, this past fall, especially this winter fell short on decent movies I wanted […]
Read more "UNN Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"The movie “Catch Me If You Can” was a 2003 Dreamworks release from Steven Spielberg and the whole crew of them. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio as the real life Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. who, based on the movie, had some serious childhood issues with his father namely and before he was 19, yes you read […]
Read more "Catch Me If You Can, the black version"First of all, if this is the best writing sample that has been produced by The Maroon Tiger, then I feel as though I’ve missed my calling as a journalist because I think I write better than that. The article in question can be found by clicking on this link and refers to the UNN […]
Read more "Response to “When Does Gay Tolerance Go Too Far?”"Okay, I stole that from this girl that goes to school here with me; it had been her Facebook status message momentarily, but when I read this article here, I realised that the metaphorical Judas’ really do exist. Here’s a short snippet from the AP/Yahoo News Service A group of black ministers who supported U.S. […]
Read more "When Judas Is Closer Than Jesus"Well, AMEN! Per the title of this post, that been an angle I’ve been pushing subtilely on this blog for some time now. Of course the usuals, like Elizabeth Hasselbeck just now on The View get it wrong. What’s at the center of the controversy is the following quote made by Attorney General Eric Holder during a […]
Read more "Obama Administration’s Silver Lining; Atty. Gen. Eric Holder calls America “a nation of cowards” when it comes to race"I stumbled upon this article that was published in the The Maroon Tiger, Morehouse College’s campus newspaper. The following is the article as published in that newspaper in it’s entirety. I’ll be publishing a response to the article within the coming days, but for now, please discuss the following article amongst yourselves. It’s no […]
Read more "When Does Gay Tolerance Go Too Far?"Last year, around finals, I was in the barbershop for about two hours. Partially because my barber always runs about 15-30 minutes behind schedule (not a big deal, I’m used to it) and my friend was in the chair behind me. So they all know that we go to “that preacher school” up the street, […]
Read more "Creating Community"I just added three new blogs to the blog roll. Skeptical Brotha Shaun In The City Afro Nerd Go and check them out and show them some love. Keep it uppity and keep it truthfully radical, JLL
Read more "Check Out the New Additions"Okay, yeah, I’m late. It’s February and I’m just now writing this post. Oh well, the joys of having one’s own blog. In short, the Inauguration Planning Committee had an EPIC FAIL when it came to the idea of tickets. So this was the largest we’ve had on record, apparently the city was planning […]
Read more "I Still Got My Blue Ticket because [turn to your neighbor and say] “Favor ain’t Fair”: an Uppity Negro Inauguration story, Part Two"
Joshua Lawrence Lazard 