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What if Da ThRONe Ruled the World? (Lord Help Us All)

February 2nd 2010

Hello, Socks Heads,
Being that it’s Black History Month (and let’s not forget every month is Black History Month) I’m feeling real political. Now, I’ve always considered myself in the highest of percentiles when it comes to intellect and since NWSO has giving me a platform to blog more regularly I will use it to flex [...]

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What’s Wrong With Gay Marriage? (A Civil Rights Issue)

January 25th 2010

I took a day off last week and while lying on my couch, flicking through channels, I came across an old episode of Tyra where the day’s topic was “Is Gay the New Black?” Beyond the subject of homosexuality, the episode was about the hoopla over same sex marriages being outlawed in California last year.
The [...]

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Do You Have Faith in Mankind? (Haiti Needs Your Help)

January 19th 2010

I didn’t plan on writing about the earthquake that hit Haiti. It’s been the subject of every newspaper headline, Twitter stream, FaceBook status update, conversation and blog site for the past week. For the most part, I try to steer clear of oversaturated topics unless I have a different perspective or something new to add [...]

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Do You Trust Airport Security? (Goodbye Civil Liberties)

January 7th 2010

In response to all the craziness that went down over the holidays, it seems that the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) is finally about to step their game up. But at what cost?
In case you missed the memo, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man, boarded a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas day with explosives strapped to his [...]

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Why Is Prostitution Illegal? (Freedom of Choice)

October 26th 2009

I was reading my boy BlogXilla’s blog (say that 3x fast) the other day and came across an interesting post entitled “I Can Chose to Abort, But I Can’t Pick the Price of My Pu**y.” Aside from the eye-catching headline, I was drawn to click the link because I had a very strong feeling I [...]

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#17 Man Starves Wife Until She Had Sex (It Was Legal)

August 30th 2009

Did anybody else hear about this? I came across a BBC News article the other day about a new law that was passed in Afghanistan that made it perfectly legal for husbands to starve their wives if they refused to have sex. If that’s not crazy enough, this was actually the amended version of an [...]

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Black In America 2 (Did Barack Make a Difference?)

July 17th 2009

A lot’s changed in the year since CNN’s Black in America, a multi-part series designed to show the various issues facing people of color in the United States. Namely, the American public electing its first African-American president, Barack Obama. But as the old adage goes, the more things change the more they stay the same.
If [...]

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Does Not Having White Friends Make Me a Racist?

June 5th 2009

Earlier this week my boy Mark hit me up with a blog idea (I get a lot of those, but one at a time, people, one at a time). He wanted me to conduct a “social experiment” by attempting to date a White girl(s) for six months straight. I promptly shrugged it off and suggested [...]

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News Flash: Teens Arrested For Sexting

March 16th 2009

LATE PASS: I guess I’m getting old, because I had no idea what “sexting” was until last week. I may have heard the term in passing but I thought it meant having phone sex via text messages. Well, I was half right. Sexting, which apparently is the latest teen trend, is when someone sends nude [...]

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Doctor Makes Designer Babies (Would God Be Happy?)

March 10th 2009

I’m sure y’all have heard about this by now, but in case you haven’t there’s a doctor by the name of Jeff Steinberg who recently came out saying that he can make “designer babies.” No, he’s not talking about infants with name brand labels on them. Basically, Dr. Steinberg, who owns fertility clinics in New [...]

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Inauguration Regrets (Why I Didn’t Go)

January 20th 2009

Chances are if you’ve asked me if I was attending the inauguration over the past few days you’ve already heard my reply, a resounding, “Hell, nah!” It’s not that I’m not excited or don’t recognize the significance of this moment, I’m just not too big on crowds. For that reason, I’ve never been to Freaknik, [...]

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Dear, Barack (Beware the Dinkins Factor)

January 19th 2009

Before I get to my warning for President Barack Obama, I should probably explain who David Dinkins is for those outside of the Big Apple or under age 25. Dinkins was New York City’s first African-American mayor and had the distinct displeasure of serving after Ed Koch’s tumultuous three terms. Although Dinkins is in the [...]

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