Selma, AL…A City In DeclineIn 2021 Hurricane Ida blew through Selma, AL leaving large tree trunks in the middle of residential streets, making it impossible to drive…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Chuck Norris’s Forgotten Horror Film: Silent Rage(1982)Every time Halloween comes around cable TV networks flood their prime time schedule during October with all the well worn horror films of…Mar 5, 2019Mar 5, 2019
A LOOK BACK AT ‘ACTION JACKSON’(1988)In the pantheon of 1980’s action films Chuck Norris ruled the early half with his ‘Missing In Action’ & ‘Delta Force’ projects while Sly…Feb 4, 2019Feb 4, 2019
Conquered People, Conquering People: Three films that highlight the Black American experience in…The history of American films that deals with war is part entertainment, part nationalistic propaganda that insist soldiers are brave and…Jan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
SCANDALIZE MY RUSSIA ADS: Watching this 1999 doc on the ‘Red Scare’ of the 1950's, explains the…A few days ago, the New York Times published an article claiming a cyber-security firm discovered the reason Black Americans didn’t…Dec 19, 2018Dec 19, 2018
IN PRAISE OF CHICKS WITH GAPS BETWEEN THEIR TEETHI can remember it like yesterday. I’m eating lunch with three of my fifth grade classmates(all boys) at a lunchroom table,and one of them…Nov 30, 20181Nov 30, 20181
Miss RobotA wooden door is pushed in bringing light into the motel room. Two human silhouettes enter from the cool and starry nighttime before…Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018
The Night Nurse (a short erotic story)After a well deserved vacation to Tahiti, Yarielis Irizarry returned to her job as an RN on the graveyard shift. It’s been two years since…Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018
MARATHON MAN: A look back at the short career of 1980’s “street comic” & actor Charlie BarnettBy 1980, a young black comedian from Bluefield, West Virginia had made a name for himself by performing stand up comedy routines at the…Jan 20, 2016Jan 20, 2016
APHASIA ISN’T JUST THE NAME OF MY FUTURE WIFEPhoto of brain with infarction(dead tissue) caused by lack of oxygen due to stroke. Courtesy of Neuropathology WebJan 18, 2016Jan 18, 2016
