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Cover-ups will Get You Locked Up

The allegations brought up against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky have shaken the journalistic world into a frenzy. The 2002 incident, which involves Sandusky’s sexual misconduct with a 10-year-old boy, has begun to unravel the very fabric of one of college football’s most historic programs and it’s most […]

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Can’t We All Just Have a Peaceful Memory?

Michael Jackson has been dead for almost three years now and you people will not get over it. Instead of allowing the memory of the gloved almighty to live on as it should, people would rather parade around and praise the decision to sentence of a man who shouldn’t be […]

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Bible-Belt State Challenges Abortion

In Mississippi, citizens will vote today on Amendment 26. This amendment “would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word “person” or “persons,” as those terms are used in Article III of the state constitution, to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent […]

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Let’s All Get Married Now… Kim Did It.

72 days later, and it’s all over. All the hard work of every staff member has gone to waste. The camera, make-up and dress crew, who taped every false move to Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ wedding, literally walked their time over to a trash can and threw it away. […]

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When discipline is taken too far

Arkansas County Court-At-Law Judge William Adams took discipline to another level when he punished his daughter physically for using the Internet to acquire music and games that were unavailable for legal purchase at the time.   Hillary Adams, his daughter, has had ataxic cerebral palsy from birth that led […]

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Herman Cain needs to tell the truth

Herman Cain… what can I say about Mr. Cain? Well for starters, that hat you’re wearing all the time, yeah the one that looks like that farmer’s hat Johnny Depp wore in The Secret Window… get rid of it. And with that being said, on to something more serious. Herman […]

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Bring back the NBA

Ok, I’m bored now. Thursday was supposed to be the official day when the Heat played the Magic, and it is not happening. Now things have gotten out of hand with this lockout nonsense. The pressures of knowing that the 3A love of my life (1. God 2. My […]

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Lessons from a dream deferred

Nov. 1 marked the end of a journey. It also marked the beginning of a new, uncharted one. The date marked the publication of my first book, “Ashamed to Die, Silence, Denial and the AIDS Epidemic in the South” (Lawrence Hill Books), and the reaching of a dream. Years ago, […]

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Experiences are Life’s Lessons

For as far back as I can remember, I’ve been interested in the human psyche. I have developed a passion for studying individuals from all walks of life. I’ve concluded that mostly everyone has an ultimate purpose in life. The problem: Many get so distracted with life’s various dilemmas that […]

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Pink-Tie Ball Highlights Noble Cause

Thursday night, I put on my black dress with ruffles and my hot pink pumps. Pink lipstick, pink blush, pink eye shadow, (but not too much) and my pink ribbon pin as I headed to Hotel Duval Level 8 to enjoy a night of fun and remembrance for the Annual […]