Category: Opinion-OW

The news that the two LAPD officers, Sharlton Wampler and Antonio Villegas, who gunned down Ezell Ford in 2014 have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the LAPD for their treatment was galling and infuriating. But it also again cast an ugly glare on the question that still dangles—why has there been no action against the officers?

“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” – Matthew 25:21

More than a couple of million folks have responded to the words spoken by Jesse Williams, which points out the fact that many Black people are mesmerized by words that excite us and stimulate our emotions.

Brexit — the stunning British vote to leave the European Union — is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country’s political and economic elites.

“Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.” Laura Ingalls Wilder

The United States of America, is the greatest country in the world. It has been since 1492, in spite of its growing pains over the centuries, and has continued to grow and progress to this day.

As the school year winds down, one can’t help but think of graduations and where and how students will embark upon the next phase of their lives

Sir Edmond Borke once said: “Those who don’t know history arer destined to repeat it.”