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Monks Brawl at What is Believed to be the Site of Jesus’s Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Burial Jesus wept.

A little while ago, I noticed a missed call on my cell phone from my almost-16-year-old niece, D (though not my namesake, harrumph!) who lives in my hometown in Jacksonville with my half-sister, T. I was surprised to hear from D because she never calls and because, well, she’s almost-16 and long gone are the [...]

A little while ago, I noticed a missed call on my cell phone from my almost-16-year-old niece, D (though not my namesake, harrumph!) who lives in my hometown in Jacksonville with my half-sister, T. I was surprised to hear from D because she never calls and because, well, she’s almost-16 and long gone are the [...]

   “Celita Hart, 19, stood silently in court today when she appeared for a bond hearing. Prosecutors said Hart, who is black, yelled ” ‘White [expletive], [expletive] McCain–you white police can’t do nothing anymore.’” With that, she reached through the window of a squad car and slapped a white male officer in the face, according [...]

   “Celita Hart, 19, stood silently in court today when she appeared for a bond hearing. Prosecutors said Hart, who is black, yelled ” ‘White [expletive], [expletive] McCain–you white police can’t do nothing anymore.’” With that, she reached through the window of a squad car and slapped a white male officer in the face, according [...]

The year: 1989. The place: Yale, The Afro-American Cultural Center (bka “The House”) Me, a freshman, not dancing, just holding up the wall as the song below plays. The album it’s from, along with “Poison” (BBD, “Never trust a big butt and a smile…”), was the soundtrack to my freshman year: Question: Did we really [...]

My mother and my grandmother did not live to see the day, neither did Martin Luther King, Jr. and the nameless and overlooked many who fought and dreamed with him. But my girls and I have. Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States When was the last time America was this happy?

…in Dixville Notch and in Hart’s Location, New Hampshire. Thanks, Genie

No lines, no waiting.

No lines, no waiting.