Like most Americans, I was quite disturbed to discover that a couple allegedly crashed the White House State Dinner and that they met our president and vice president.

In these times of war at home and abroad, security is clearly a must.

However, I suspect that something sinister...

My former journalism professor would be disappointed in me right now.

Mr. Jensen taught us to separate the emotional self from the story and/or its subjects. You are on the scene to report, to relay the pertinent facts, to practice the ABCs of journalism -- Accuracy, Brevity and Clarity...

In a word, Michael Scott mattered.

His life was the ultimate world-class success story. Michael was a staunch Westsider who embraced the finer things yet reached back, went back, and, in fact, never left his roots or his commitment to society's invisible ones.

The invisible ones -- the disenfranchised...

Brown Tire Corp. was founded by Johnny Brown in 1970; the independent Goodyear dealership started in Chicago on 87th Street and Cottage Grove.

Sex sells and infidelity is a booming business according to Noel Biderman, president and CEO of The Ashley Madison Agency -- a discreet online dating service for married folks.

Yes, their slogan really is, "Life is short, have an affair." Yes, he really did launch a Cash for...

In a world where technological advancements make everyone and everything easily accessible, it would seem that a couple would be drawn closer together, but that's far from the case.

Technological tools that pose as connectors are actually driving some couples farther apart. This is my spin on...

Surely, there are racial incidents that capture the nation's furor and place the post-race America movement in limbo. But the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Skip Gates Jr. was definitely not one of them.

The post-race movement is alive and well. And as a Black woman living in...

Hello my dears.

Just in time for Father's Day, I will impart these words of wisdom to give you clarity about your girlfriend, wife, secret lover or soon-to-be-ex.

This is the most accurate, double-guaranteed zodiac love chart that you will find anywhere, and I should know, because I...

Just when I thought the Conservative talking heads have hit rock bottom, they've begun to dig.
Here I am, fuming on the outskirts of the Judge Sonia Sotomayor debacle as the conservative bulldogs rip her work record and reputation to shreds. I've been waiting patiently, for someone to...

The print media have been very thorough in reporting our own dwindling newsrooms, but the story that isn't told as often concerns The Monster that awaits those left behind. Thus, here's the backstory and the scoop.

The New Politics of Print

The mayhem going on behind the mastheads of...

So, here it is upon us, another Mother's Day and I'm sans a pretty baby. Where's my pretty baby, you ask? Oh, well, my parents scared motherhood out of me long ago.

I can recall their conversations back when I was a teen.

My mother would talk about the...

If you're a single man of means, you probably believe that all women are out to lasso you, entrap you, walk you down the aisle, take you home and give you gorgeous babies.

Your male friends have probably told you that we're plotting to limit your options, so we...

It was bound to happen--you're gradually becoming the lover from hell.

If you ask your mate, he'll tell you that you've become a rude Judy. A mean Mary. A flip Felicia. And it's as obvious as that glimmer in President Obama's eye every time he's with the First Lady....

First Lady Michelle Obama has commanded the world stage and redefined SEXY.

For women -- all women, not just the cinnamon Sistahs --Michelle is an invigorating rush of fresh air.

Her style has ushered in a new sex appeal that effectively retires the old-school stereotypes.

The debacle is over.

Roland W. Burris, 71, will be seated as the junior senator from Illinois, becoming the lone African American in the U.S. Senate.

The appointment of Burris to the U.S. Senate should have been a seamless. But Burris' plight became an international spectacle, thanks to...

I'm not one to gossip, so you haven't heard it from me, but now that the campaign is over, there's some tawdry news that I'm compelled to share!

I saw the vigilante-style murder that took place in the Midwest with my own big brown eyes.

There was an orchestrated...

Over the weekend Jennifer Hudson, her family, and her legion of friends and fans, have witnessed the evil that someone can do.

No one deserves what Jennifer--and many other survivors of violent acts--have been through.

I have watched the play-by-play of the coverage evolve from shock and...

If you're reading this, you're a Brain, and you're one of us.

You're a smart, perceptive, engaging and opinionated person; and you have a head for something other than to model the latest up' do hairstyle.

Brain, you're a productive member of society. If you...

People get canned everyday. It's a fact of life. But it's how you get canned that can really make things messy.

As you read this, there is a growing scandal in the world of Black media involving Johnson Publishing Company , the parent company of Ebony/Jet magazines, and the...

Dictionary.com defines Terrorism as "the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization."

Many Americans, especially the middle class, are undergoing economic terrorism right now and they have no option but to submit.

Many are in a state of fear. It's a very frightening thing not to know...