I vividly remember the day that in my ninth grade biology that I suggested that we take all of the HIV/AIDS patients of the world and stick them on an island and we wouldn’t have this problem any more. It was in a group project that the members of my group were stunned to say […]
Read more "Huckabee wanted to isolate AIDS patients"I’ll never understand the “religious right” here in the United States. Understandably, Christianity is the predominant religion here in this country, but I fail to see how the “religious right” in fact has the right to act as the final arbiter on all things religious. The fact that conservative Christians, and even Roman Catholics to some […]
Read more "Christian groups slam new Kidman children’s movie"I’ve yet to have weighed in on this issue and since I was scrolling my usual haunts online, I decided to provide this story. This particular story does include my viewpoint of how I feel on the issue of sagging pants, but I can speak from my own 23-year-old self. If I feel the need […]
Read more "Saggy Pants bans may not be lawful"This was an interesting story and I encourage those who pass by this story to follow the link and click on it. Keith Boykin’s blog also has a story about it, which somewhat encouraged me to do some more web research. And I am no longer relegated to comments on other blogs, I have my own. […]
Read more "Lawyer: Shooting suspect attacked by ‘lynch mob’"Is she really that happy from making cereal? Or have we really been that bamboozled–allowing the energetic African American lady holler like that from the truck with the hair net and glasses… “You’re unnecessarily perky…and you remind me of my French teacher from grammar school…and I didn’t like my French teacher when I was a […]
Read more "WE MAKE A LOT OF CEREAL HERE!!!!"This was my first Republican debate that I watched. Personally, I believe Congressman Ron Paul was the shining example of inclusive Republican politics. However, I’m a Democrat and my vote will be cast for Sen. Barack Obama of my home church Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, and my U.S. Senator as well. I’d personally like to ponder the […]
Read more "Ret. Brig. Gen. Keith Kerr/Campaign trail rancor carries into GOP debate"If I can be personal for a moment…. My cousin asked me to come to Memphis for Thanksgiving break. (So prayerfully I will still have enough monetary resources to return to Chicago for Christmas break.) And I made three stops, one in Anniston, Alabama to buy some Burger King, once in Birmingham to fill up […]
Read more "Land Where Our Fathers Died…"As I sat in one Atlanta’s finest Pentecostal churches last night for their weekly evening service, I pondered what kept me drawn to the church relatively often. I as I saw people in various forms of ecstatic worship and praise, I was reminded of Pavlov’s dog experiment and ultimately a lesson in classical conditioning. The […]
Read more "In Defense of Pentecostals…."I was blessed to buy a cable cord the other day and now I’m privied to watch basic cable in my dorm room, for which I’m quite appreciative. In the recent weeks, I’ve awakened every morning to pull my various books for my morning classes and my eyes usually scan all of my books until […]
Read more "Will Smith versus William Cosby"In a post-Katrina world, Katrina is now the modern benchmark for an unrepentant and aggregate failure of the federal government because of FEMA and state government because Baton Rouge and the governor was only 60 miles away with more than capable resources to go into the city by Tuesday, August 30, 2005–it was a complete […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 