Kamis, 20 Agustus 2009

Custard

Custard bv My two brothers and I left to right: Marshall Noel Opie named after Supreme Court judge Thurgood Marshall; Randolph Lamarck Opie named ...

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Rabu, 19 Agustus 2009

Thanks Dick Gregory!

My father worked as a corrections officer on a tower where he spent his shift listening to talk radio shows and reading. He had no formal co...

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Selasa, 18 Agustus 2009

Mike Vick and Civic Virtue

Yesterday, I commented on Mike Vick’s potential for making a significant impact on and off the gridiron if a change has truly occurred in hi...

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Senin, 17 Agustus 2009

Something New On The Mike Vick Saga

I heard two interesting comments on the Mike Vick saga that urged me as a former world class athlete to write about them today. The first fr...

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Jumat, 14 Agustus 2009

Thinking A Great Deal About Home Made Popsicles

Thinking A Great Deal About Home Made Popsicles Reflecting on eating hardships in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and what he missed most about home, Langston Hughes wrote ...

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Rabu, 12 Agustus 2009

A Call for Leadership In The Health Care Debate

President Obama and other incumbent democrats in the house and senate are in the fight of their political lives right now over health care...

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Selasa, 11 Agustus 2009

There’s no Free Lunch on Health Care Either

A theme among some of the folks ranting at the health care town hall meetings is their taxes are too high already. It always amazes me how p...

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