About 20 days ago, I shared my intended efforts to embark upon a 21-day journey of no complaining and negative speak. I'll admit, I was not perfect at it, however, I am satisfied that I did give it my best effort. With tomorrow serving as the 21st day, does this mean I will be complaining as much as I can? Of course not. Yet, I do see the value of living a complaint-free life. It's interesting how I've been kept; not just these past 21-days, but for over the last five years. They truly... Read Full Story
I have been a fan of Dr. Roland Fryer, a tenured Economics professor at Harvard University, for some time now. I like this photo of him best because the one at his Harvard site looks like a mug shot. I love his story and how he grew up in Texas straddling the fence between scholar athlete and gangster: At 13, he forged his birth certificate to get a job at McDonald's. When he could, he told me, he stole from the cash register. He sold counterfeit Dooney & Burke purses out of the trunk of... Read Full Story
LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — Another defendant has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the suspected torture of a young woman held captive in West Virginia last summer. Bobby Brewster, 25, pleaded guilty in Logan County Circuit Court on Tuesday to second-degree sexual assault, malicious assault and conspiracy to commit kidnapping or holding hostage. He was sentenced to at least 13 and as many as 40 years in prison, said Logan County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Ilderton. In exchange for the plea... Read Full Story
The delicate dance between anticipation and anxiousness never ceases to amaze me. Being a person who sets goals based on deep-seated ambitions, I've learned the invaluable lessons of patience. A watched pot never boils like a watched rose bud never sprouts. With age and maturity we all must surrender to the pace of time. This post represents my 700th since I began blogging regularly over a year ago. In many ways, this is exciting. To give voice to a message through such a great platform... Read Full Story
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict praised the Australian government on Thursday for apologizing for past injustices to Aborigines, saying it was a courageous move to repair race relations and offered hope to the rest of the world. Pope Benedict, in Sydney for World Youth Day celebrations from July 15-20, made his comments at a welcoming ceremony with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Thursday. The Pope said the ancient heritage of Aborigines, who have been in Australia for some 40,000 years... Read Full Story
My kid is hanging with the Pope this week. Please keep them and all the pilgrims in our prayers. Catholic Youths In Sydney Celebrate World Youth Day By Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer Sydney, Australia (AHN) - While the 200,000 Catholic youths in Sydney held a grand celebration for the World Youth Day cross, Pope Benedict XVII spent the day reflecting at the Opus Dei retreat house in preparation for the Sunday Mass where half a million foreign and local participants are expected to... Read Full Story
What if Senator John McCain was shown in the form of a "political cartoon" turning his back and smirking on his first wife as a cripple after she suffered a car accident while reaching for a bombshell Cindy McCain? Or what if Cindy McCain was shown drunk while popping pills as she hung from the rafters of her Budweiser distributorship as an angry John McCain looked on shouting expletives for her to get down. Something tells me there would be a backlash of hell to pay - as well there should... Read Full Story
