Months before Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, I said he was modeling after Ronald Reagan, not in policy, but in practice. This week’s submission of the FY2010 budget proposal, “A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise,” was just another example. While the headlines read that President Obama is un-doing what [...]
My friends at WETA TV 26 are probably thrilled to the gills because they’re at the White House right now taping the first “In Performance at the White House” for the Obama Presidency. Presdient Obama presents Stevie Wonder with the second Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song named for song writers George and [...]
Two years ago I packed my video camera and accompanied my friend Johari Rashad and a suitcase of her prized homemade mini pound cakes to New Orleans for my first Mardi Gras ever. Johari was returning to NOLA, her adopted home city, to bring some comfort food to friends she hadn’t seen since before Katrina. [...]
I actually enjoyed last night’s Academy Awards as a production. Hugh Jackman is a performer! I’d invite him back. The stage was amazing in a way that wasn’t over-the-top extravagant or one of those “looked good on paper” budget busting disasters. Crystal curtains are expensive, no doubt, but it was well worth the price. I [...]
Washington, D.C. residents need your help tomorrow, Monday, February 23. Senate Bill 160, the DC House Voting Rights Act, is coming up for a vote. This bill will give Washington, DC residents a single representative vote in the U.S. Congress. The DC House Voting Rights Act is a bipartisan legislation that would bring congressional voting [...]
