The State Of . . . Your Opinion

Hypothetically speaking, let’s say The State Of . . . does some remodeling of the sight. And say that we wanted to add a picture of someone on our banner to add more femininity to the site. Imagine that someone said the sight looked too masculine.
Considering this hypothetical, Justin and I had some ideas [...]

Fifty’s Giving Back!

Fifty-cent is encouraging overweight kids in the inner city to change their diets. He’s a part of a competition sponsored by Glaceau the makers of his grape drink.
50 is a spokes-rapper and judge for a nationwide cooking competition aimed at preventing childhood obesity by improving high school students’ eating habits. It is sponsored [...]

Finding A Way Out of the Morass

The other day, I was sitting on the couch with my six month old son, who is learning to crawl, when he got himself wedged between two fluffy pillows. He was not in harm’s way, and I could see several ways for him to get himself free from his little situation. He tried to get [...]

Quote of the Day: Intellectual Insurgent

“All the “good” books have wisdom. No doubt. They all offer some semblance of guidance for the spiritual dilemmas of this world. But the idea that God created a planet of billions of people who speak different languages and developed different philosophies, but then made only one of the belief systems correct is absurd. If [...]

"Preservation of Innocence:" On the Deterioration of Heterosexual Relationships

What’s wrong with this picture? To many gays, it’s a farce. Why should gay marriage be accepted or not accepted? Let’s get deeper into the issue. The other day, I was walking my dog and I noticed a gay (male) couple walking towards me on the other side of the street. They were pushing a [...]

Quote of the Day: Alexander Cockburn

“Obama is one of those politicians whom journalists like to decorate with words as “adroit” or “politically adept” because you can actually see him trimming to the wind, the way you see a conjuror of moderate skill shove the rabbit back up his sleeve. Above all he is concerned with the task of reassuring the [...]

"A Night On The Town": Guest Commentary By "KP"

This weekend, Friday, April 21st, my girlfriend and I drove around looking for social options for 20-30 something African Americans in small market city USA. We drove by a few of the usual suspects, clubs, bars and lounges in hopes that we’d notice couples or groups of people we thought from a glance we would [...]

The State Of . . . Black Owned Business

Cook County, Illinois, that’s Chicago if you don’t know, has more black owned businesses than any other county in the U.S. according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The number of black-owned businesses grew by 45% from 1997 to 2002, more than four times the national rate for all [...]

New Rule: Take that Bluetooth Out of Your Ear!

I’m gonna slap the next person I see walking around with a bluetooth cell phone headset. Nothing can be more annoying than chillin’ somewhere and some idiot walks into a room full of people, looking like he’s talking to himself, but in fact “flossin’” on his bluetooth. Turn it off!! I was walking [...]

USC May Forfeit 2005 Conference Title!

(Justin, I hope you’re sitting down as you read this.)The PAC-10 is investigating allegations that Reggie Bush’s family lived in a house paid for by a man trying to market Bush as a professional. If the PAC -10 find out that the house was an improper benefit, the men of Troy may have to [...]