"Through The Fire:" Guest Commentary From Damien on Getting Out of the Ghetto Through Sports

I saw a documentary, Through The Fire, a few months back and I think discussing it and its implications are somewhat appropriate since it is the beginning of the NBA season. The documentary covers the senior year in highschool of prep phenom Sebsatian Telfair, cousin of Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury. The doc details Telfair’s [...]

Book Review: "The Audacity of Hope" by Barak Obama

au‧dac‧i‧ty  /ɔˈdæsɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[aw-das-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.

1.
boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
hope  /hoʊp/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hohp] -noun, verb, hoped, hop‧ing.
–noun

1.
the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out [...]