The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me. '
Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.
Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.
If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.
Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward. "
In trying times, I like to remember that you have to keep walking because you can't see what is around the corner.
If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.
God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible.
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does it well and triumphs.
What I value most about Pastor Wright is not his day-to-day political advice. He's much more of a sounding board for me to make sure that I am speaking as truthfully about what I believe as possible and that I'm not losing myself in some of the hype and hoopla and stress that's involved in national politics.
My father. . . was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings.