President’s Weekly (a week later) – A Tale of Two Jobs

Friday, 21 October 2011, 18:58 | Category : Eclectique Citizen
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If there’s anything the Obama administration can and should do is be bold on matters of jobs and an even newer vision for economic equity. For sure a bold approach will anger people on both sides of the equation. When politicians get in campaign mode, they get a little bolder. They start naming names. They [...]

Andy Warhol and Deaf Jam

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 20:49 | Category : Art and Design, DC, Deaf, Poetry, The Arts
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Many moons ago, I had this wish to go to New York and have Andy Warhol do my portrait. It never happened and I’m sure there are apps that can give one a Warholic hue. Friends at Busboys and Poets have collaborated with the recent National Gallery retrospective of Warhol’s “Headlines” work in what’s call [...]

Thinking Different

Thursday, 6 October 2011, 11:27 | Category : African American, Black, Culture, People, Women
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Sometimes I have to remind myself of the power of thinking different for the common good, and some of us designed our lives around it. Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011 “Think Different” was one of my favorite Apple campaigns. I didn’t follow Steve Jobs as a personality like some people follow George Clooney. Or maybe [...]