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Models Monday: I Think It therefore It Is

My father told me once, as I was trying to justify my suspicions concerning a neighbor’s behavior, that he wastes little time on questioning his judgement. “If I think you did it,” he said, “then you did it.” My father’s perspective has saved me a great deal of time. Instead of equivocating and questioning theContinue reading “Models Monday: I Think It therefore It Is”

Frontline: Being Mortal

Looks like we’ll have a chance to see if Atul Gawande extends his analysis so as to consider the ways that those possessing technical skill overly commit to their own powers and authority: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/

Toni Morrison: Brilliant as Always

Walter Lee Younger’s Vision Realized

I’ve never seen Kenny Leon’s version of A Raisin in the Sun featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs as Walter Lee Younger. I was aware that many trained actors were disappointed in the casting given the rap mogul’s unproven talent for the stage. I don’t know if Diddy can act, but the casting was spot on! InContinue reading “Walter Lee Younger’s Vision Realized”

WTF is School “Work” These Days

I’m currently re-reading Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 work Strength to Love. In the introduction, he notes his hesitance in publishing this work because the “essays” are actually “sermons” and thus meant for a present, listening audience. This is important to keep in mind in reading this passage about the church that I find quiteContinue reading “WTF is School “Work” These Days”

Models Monday: Resemblances

For people who know me, you could easily think that the photograph above depicts me in someone’s kitchen. You would be wrong though, as my mother is the teen featured in an early image of our family kitchen. When I saw this photograph for the first time, I actually thought it was me before itContinue reading “Models Monday: Resemblances”

BiDil

Originally posted on Abagond:
BiDil (2005) is the trade name for isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine, a heart medicine for Blacks. It is the first race-based prescription drug approved by the US government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the 1980s Dr Jay Cohn took two drugs that were no longer under patent, put them together and patented them…

Congratulations Cleveland!

(Photo: Brendan Maloney, USA TODAY Sports) …on that San Antonio Spurs 2014 NBA Finals Victory.

Michael Dunn Plans to Fight

Unlike the 33 law students who I previously wrote about, I imagine the greatest challenge of attending law school being learning how to translate seemingly pedantic words into judicial significance. To that end, while the attempted murder conviction in the Michael Dunn trial for the three boys who managed to live makes sense, it doesn’t makeContinue reading “Michael Dunn Plans to Fight”