January 2011

January 17th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 0 Comments
Now that the Dr. King Holiday celebrations are over, what’s next?The extended celebrations and holiday commemorating the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. will have fleeting meaning if most of us go back to business as usual until this time next year. Celebrations are one thing. Teaching and living the principles King died for is quite another.When you look at how adults who spend their lives...
January 15th, 2011
Written by Terez Howard in All About Family with 0 Comments
Americans from the Pacific to the Atlantic rang in the New Year with a list of resolutions. The New Year, for many, symbolizes a new beginning. Therefore, people repeat promises to lose weight, stop smoking, or make their marriage work, and within a couple months, or for some, weeks, they hopelessly leave behind their noble intentions.For some goal setters, they are not at fault when their...
January 13th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Cause and Civility with 1 Comment
Whether we care to admit it or not, some of the worst acts of wanton violence to occur on American soil have been perpetrated by Americans against their fellow Americans.The terrible shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that claimed the lives of six people and wounded fourteen others, is yet another ominous example of how complacent we have become as a society with tolerating and accepting violence as a...
January 11th, 2011
Written by James Patrick A... in Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
What’s in a label? “ADHD,” “ADD,” “Tea Party Favorite.” Do you have a label? Do you know what it is? Moreover, how do you feel about your label? Do you only like to wear labels? Labels like, “Polo,” “Izod,” or a host of others we could name. How do these labels make you feel?Do they make you feel, “sheik,” “sophisticated?” Labels can tip the scales in a positive manner or a negative one. They...
January 7th, 2011
Written by Janice S. Ellis... in Publisher's Note with 0 Comments
As we begin the New Year of a new decade in still a new century, it would be good to give some thought about a resolution beyond the personal. Why not resolve to be a better American?America, with all of its current challenges, is still the best country in the world. If we, individually and collectively, do not cherish it, do not do what is in our power to protect it and the principles it was...

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