Pretty self-explanatory; these are the issues that deal with modern and popular culture that have nothing to really do with religion or the church
So this past week allowed for ignorant tycoon Bernard Madoff to finally see the inside of a jail cell rather than his $7,000,000.00 Manhattan penthouse; Pope Benedict XVI, the most conservative we’ve seen in a long time, informed us that condoms increase HIV/AIDS infection, and this was on the heels of the HIV/AIDS numbers for […]
Read more "Which Set of Rules Are We Playing By?"First some housekeeping stuff: I received two books to review and I’ve been quite remiss in doing so. To the publicists of these books, if you’re reading this blog, I’ve not forgotten about you. I’ve just been swamped with work–I am in grad school. ********************************* Text derives from the Latin textus (a tissue), which is in turn derived […]
Read more "The State of the Black Union and Other Uppity Negroness"It’s my understanding that the whole thing started over a text message. Back in the day this would have been the mysterious “little black book” or a random slip of paper that fell out of a pocket at an inopportune time with seven random digits with a dash between two of them–a phone number. […]
Read more "Things I Learned from Chris Brown and Rihanna"It’s been 10 years since the inception of Tavis Smiley’s brain child, the State of the Black Union which has covered a range of issues over the past years from the economy, to the Black Church, the Black Family, Reclaiming Democracy and now this year “Making America as Good as its Promise.” Granted that’s […]
Read more "UNN Watches The 10 Annual State of the Black Union: Making America as Good as its Promise"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?”"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, […]
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Joshua Lawrence Lazard 