Moview Recommendation: Apocolypto

Wifey and I (J) ordered Mel Gibson’s Apocolypto at the recommendation of Colonized Mind. Wow! The movie was excellent - one of the best I’ve ever seen! Wifey was howling out loud with tears and I was riveted, heart beatin’ all fast from the first minute . . .

“A tale set in the Mayan civilization. [...]

Pew Poll: How Muslims Compare With Other Religious Americans, Similar In Religious Intensity to Black Protestants

“Muslims account for less than one percent of the country’s population, whereas eight-in-10 Americans are Christian. Recent public opinion surveys by the Pew Research Center find that, with respect to the intensity of their religious beliefs, Muslim Americans most closely resemble white evangelicals and black Protestants. Within all three groups, large majorities (72% of Muslim [...]

What If Nat Knocked On Your Door?

I (J) just finished reading Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory, a collection of essays from past and present about the most notorious slave rebellion in U.S. history. In 1831, Turner, a Viriginia slave-preacher, and his followers, slaughtered over 50 white people in South Hampton, VA. Turner was well-respected amongst the slaves [...]

Michael Vick Indicted For Dog Fighting

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three other men were indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on conspiracy charges tied to a dog-fighting operation.
They were charged with conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal-fight venture, according [...]