Triple threat, black, old, and a woman! Read full post »

 While we're all gearing up for St. Paddy's Day and planning what green outfit to wear, where to go to drink green beer and what green food to eat, it's a good time to celebrate diversity and take a good look at the value of seeing color in… Read full post »

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for… Read full post »

It's fun watching Rush Limbaugh losing advertisers quicker than his norco's, but how will this "chilling effect" affect the rest of us?

Do I have to refrain from saying, "Sarah, you ignorant you-know-what" upon hearing her comment today that President Obama is trying to bring back the days before the… Read full post »

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For me, music and life are all about style.--Miles Davis

Jazz and design go together like scotch and soda, wine and cheese, steak and eggs. Jazz is the epitome of cool, no matter how old it gets. Design always wants to be cool and cutting-edge, staying ahead of the trends, and forming… Read full post »

I really don't. Even though I probably should. I grew up in an all white neighborhood and was called "nigger" on a daily basis. Kids at school would taunt me and throw rocks at me. They would be my friend one day and then the next say "that's how you people… Read full post »

Whitney Houston was sent home today in one of the most profoundly moving services I've ever witnessed. I'm sure I wasn't in any way alone in this. Together, we rejoiced, we cried, we were humbled and moved by this gifted, beautiful woman with a voice like an angel.

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(Above: "Typical" 50's househould and Cabrini Green Housing Project in Chicago—completely demolished by May, 2011)

On my recent quest to choose happiness, I've been lured to the other side, quite gleefully, exploring all the wonderful joys that surround us--small children, pets, t… Read full post »

(Since I first posted this blog, the video I refer to "World Revolution II: Choose love over fear 2012" has been mysteriously removed from the net. The same ideas are proposed in "Thrive," described as "an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our… Read full post »

 If my Dad were alive today he would have been an avid blogger. He wrote everyday, banging out letters to the editor, essays, daily musings on everything from politics to racism to religion to the delightful almond croissant he had in the morning at the local coffee shop on h… Read full post »

"If I'd written the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people—including me—would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."—J. Walter Thompson

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The Beauty of Pollination is four minutes of pure joy--an ode to "Our Beautiful World & Universe." It reminded me that focusing on our surroundings, especially nature, gives us a reprieve from our harried lives. For that moment when we get a glimpse of a butterfly, flower, cloud, or… Read full post »