Quote of the Day: Envy

“Scriptures say, “Envy is more cruel than the grave.” Once the spirit leaves the body and you put that body in a grave, worms begin to eat away the flesh. After a while, there’s nothing left but the bones, and the person becomes unrecognizable. You have to use forensic science to find out who it [...]

UPDATE: Tavis says no to Michelle Obama speaking at State of the Black Union

“Looks like it’s either the candidates or no one.

“Tavis Smiley, convener of the State of the Black Union on Feb. 23 in New Orleans, has turned down the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama to send Michelle Obama to address those who will gather there.

“Sen. Hillary Clinton accepted his invite and will speak, but after several [...]

Belichick Taping Since 2000

Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents’ defensive signals since he became the New England Patriots’ coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told him that during a meeting Wednesday.
“There was confirmation that there has been taping since 2000, when Coach Belichick took over,” Specter said.
Specter said [...]

Immersion Therapy - Surviving on a blackness-only diet

Kim McClarin of TheRoot.com explores the thought of a year-long immersion in black culture: books, plays, magazines, art, TV . . .

“Not my idea, not really. Credit mostly belongs to a poet friend of mine.
“We were discussing some independent movie by an unknown black director he had just seen at a special screening at his [...]

Marry Him! The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough

hat tip: Dina
By Lori Gottleib

“About six months after my son was born, he and I were sitting on a blanket at the park with a close friend and her daughter. It was a sunny summer weekend, and other parents and their kids picnicked nearby—mothers munching berries and lounging on the grass, fathers tossing balls with [...]