Whether you are boo’d up for Valentine’s day or happily single, treat Valentine’s day like “friendsgiving.” Invite your friends over and get to know each other. Enter Goliath Games. Goliath is the parent company of Pressman Toy Company that brought us Rummikub, Mastermind, and Shark Read More …
Since 2016, I have attended on average two funerals a year. Hospital visitations and funerals have become my new normal. If I were in my late 60s, this would be part of the aging process of life. Yet, I am only 46. In 2017, the Read More …
Most of New York is familiar with the “First Family of Fashion,” aka 5001 FLAVORS and its retail boutique Harlem Haberdashery. 5001 FLAVORS has been a fixture in Harlem and the hip hop scene from its early beginnings. Unlike others that get fame from the Read More …
Some things happen and in order to be “normal” and function in society, you bury them deep inside. To think on them could cause you to spiral out of control. Then you witness a public event that resurfaces your worst nightmare, causing a flood of Read More …
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that he is not running for re-election. One response has been that he is the culprit for all these schools closing. I am a Chicagoan and spent half of my education in Chicago Public Schools. I am intimately aware of Read More …
The world has gone mad as we collectively decide that nationalism is more important than humanity. In the age of the greatest technological advancements in our history, mankind has decided to revert to anachronistic ways of isolationism and separatism. We are a global economy and Read More …
2019 Update: Newsweek reports that the Portland Police is accused of ‘collusion’ with alt-right group Patriot Prayer. “Just make sure he doesn’t do anything which may draw our attention,” [Officer] Niiya wrote [in a text message]. “If he still has the warrant in the system (I Read More …
My freshman year in college I attended a private university where the black students, undergraduates and graduates, comprised less than 1% of the student population. Despite our small number, we developed a family in the Black Student Organization having potlucks or hanging at an upper Read More …
Photo Credit: Ruben Marquez aka broobs.psd After my last article, American Fascism: Trumpism, I received some not so nice comments on my social media. I was bit surprised because in the past trolls only came after me when I wrote about racism or feminism. We Read More …
UPDATE: Just when you thought babies in cages, not returning them to their families, and a two-year old in immigration court by herself was repugnant, the US Border Patrol used tear gas on the migrant caravan. In the words of Fintan O’Toole, “Babies in cages were Read More …
I have compared Trumpism to McCarthyism. However, I fear it may be worse because at least politicians like Republican Senator Margaret Chase-Smith spoke against McCarthyism in her speech Declaration of Conscience. Trumpism is unopposed from his party. Trump has attacked almost every marginalized group in Read More …
Today is my 46th birthday. I do not mind aging so long as there is wisdom, maturity, and growth. While most people party hard on their birthdays, it is typically a day of introspection for me. I prefer to be alone as I consider where Read More …