I suddenly feel much better about picking up errant paper towels from people who miss the compost garbage can by our lavatory sinks at work; the woman who cleans our restrooms is a gem and deserves to be treated better.

When i was an undergrad at UC Berkeley, I went to my lecture on Biophysical Chemistry. the lecture was on X-Ray diffraction that day. The instructor, a Nobel prize winner, came in with a light bulb, a hammer, and one of the red helium-neon lasers that eve high school seems to have. He smashed the lightbulb with the…

…the following months, she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, where she donated $1 million in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal…In an effort to connect her Cambodian-born son with his heritage, Jolie purchased a house in his country of birth in 2003. The…

As I said, there are many points we agree on... You mentioned Janet who also had parents who were much more interested in making money than looking after their children's educations or other children's safety with Michael as long as the cash was pouring in .. I suspect most pop stars have a team... even the Beatles…

There are some very good biographies of John Lennon who wash't exactly the angel his fans think. I also come from a mixed race background so I think i get the same creed. I don't think we are that far apart; I think we can agree that an artist who does wrong should be called on it re John Lennon and beating his…

I't not sure what post racial credentials are; I'm just black but Janet Jackson had a high school education and Whitney Houston not even that. As for a non college educated Potus, Abraham Lincoln did okay for himself. I'm not sure i'm ready to toss out the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, and a ton of other performers…

Did you mean intellect or education? In your mind, are those the same thing? Does a successful black women in a field that is geared toward successful white men have less intellect than her counterparts or less education? When you are in public and hear black people speaking in an urban vernacular, do you think…

This is one of those things that strikes home. My sister told me how she went to a Kate Spade sample sale with my niece when she lived on the upper west side and a women came up to her and said it was terrible that a nanny brought her charge to the sale. She also told once about going to a movie with my niece and…

Yuck, webbed toes!