This morning, while watching "Good Morning America", I learned that President Barack Obama's approval rating has gone from 68 percent to 57 percent. The eleven point drop is largely due to his proposed health care reform package, which is being laude ...
Posted Friday, August 21st 2009 at 10:28AM
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I have a problem with the individuals who are protesting against American health care reform. Don't they realize that we crossed this bridge several years ago, when Bill Clinton was the American president, and reform was put on the back burner then? ...
Posted Wednesday, August 12th 2009 at 2:29PM
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How many people can truly say they are assertive when speaking to others at home, work, school, etc? Assertiveness eliminates the "what if's" of situations. I have fallen victim to being passive-aggressive, but I know better now.
Here is some info ...
Posted Friday, August 7th 2009 at 2:11PM
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If some of you think I can’t relate to what disadvantaged students go through on a daily basis, you’re wrong. I used to be an economically disadvantaged, black American student myself.
I know what it’s like to enter an empty apartment after school ...
Posted Monday, August 3rd 2009 at 8:31AM
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On Thursday, July 30, 2009, United States President Barack Obama sat down with Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge Police Department sergeant James Crowley in what is being touted by the media as a “beer summit.” Accord ...
Posted Friday, July 31st 2009 at 6:19AM
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In "EDUCATIONAL SAFARI: The Young,Black American's Guide to Collective Prosperity" (Guidebook One), author Jeffery A. Faulkerson offers young black Americans practical advice for 1) determining if they have The Drive to Thrive and 2) reclaiming their ...
Posted Thursday, July 30th 2009 at 2:56PM
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During a Wednesday, July 22, 2009 news conference, United States President Barack Obama told reporters and a national television audience that he knows Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, adding that he is a friend. He then said the acti ...
Posted Sunday, July 26th 2009 at 11:26PM
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During a Wednesday, July 22, 2009 news conference, United States President Barack Obama told reporters and a national television audience that he knows Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, adding that he is a friend. He then said the acti ...
Posted Thursday, July 23rd 2009 at 10:27AM
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Lately, I have been so busy with so many things involving moving and helping my family that I haven't written a thing in months. I feel like I am losing a part of myself. I used to write poetry everyday.
Well, last week I did write in my journal; I guess that counts for something.
Hey, le ...
Posted Wednesday, July 15th 2009 at 9:51PM
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On Tuesday, July 14, I watched as South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham questioned Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her distinguished record as a federal court judge. Judge Sotomayor just happens to be the first Latina woman nominated for ...
Posted Wednesday, July 15th 2009 at 10:41AM
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Are there any literary agents on the BlackAuthorsConnect network? If so, I would be interested in speaking with you. I have written and illustrated four children's books and authored one book of selected nonfiction writings, and I would now like to ...
Posted Thursday, July 9th 2009 at 9:33AM
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Join "FIRM...but fair" host Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW, on Sunday, June 28th at 9:00 p.m. (EST) as author Rocco Micciche returns to offer a more thorough explanation of his "Principles of Leadership". As you will recall, Rocco appeared on the show ...
Posted Thursday, June 25th 2009 at 7:59AM
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By now, most of you have heard about Jon and Kate Gosselin’s separation. The Gosselins were supposedly the parenting superstars of The Learning Channel's (TLC's) Jon & Kate Plus Eight. I say parenting superstars because if you step into any Target ...
Posted Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 at 10:56AM
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Purchase one of my children's books to help me positively impact the lives of children and families. Visit my storefront at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1906985.
Your monetary contributions will help me:
1) Facilitate education wor ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 5:11PM
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John McCain and other prominent Republicans have been overly critical of President Barack Obama for taking a hand-off approach to the Iran Election Scandal. Are they out of their conservative minds? I ask this question because they are essentially ...
Posted Wednesday, June 17th 2009 at 5:07PM
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When I became a parent more than five years ago, I knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that I would be there for my son. I grew up wanting to establish an everlasting love connection with my wife-to-be, and the children that we bore would be the second ...
Posted Sunday, May 31st 2009 at 9:38PM
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IT'S GOOD TO BE GOLDEN: "Parental Expectations", is a poetic story about how the expectations parents have for their children can be used by these same children in their pursuit of greatness. Told by Alexis, Raymond and Millicent Golden's oldest chil ...
Posted Sunday, May 31st 2009 at 1:39PM
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Join "FIRM...but fair" host Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW, on Sunday, May 24th at 9:00 p.m. (EST) as he chats with individuals who lived during the height of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s. This segment, "WE MUST NEVER FORGET: The Civi ...
Posted Sunday, May 17th 2009 at 7:04PM
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Are you someone who lived during the height of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60? If so, you need to call or e-mail me to express an interest in appearing on "FIRM...but fair" with Jeffery A. Faulkerson, my Internet talk radio show. On ...
Posted Monday, May 11th 2009 at 9:41PM
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Go and make disciples,
The Holy Bible reads.
But a love for the one true God
Is what the world really needs.
Senseless wars are being waged
Because we all want to be right.
But righteousness isn’t achieved through
Selfishness and might.
In ...
Posted Monday, May 11th 2009 at 10:06AM
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Just wrapped an interesting "FIRM...but fair" segment titled "ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: How Are Mentoring Programs Changing Lives?" My featured guests included Brandyn McElroy, XPosed Youth Communications; Earl Christian III, Urban Wall Street Project/Y ...
Posted Monday, May 11th 2009 at 12:34AM
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During the Winter
Of your discontent
You crave the warm embrace of Spring,
Knowing it will fade away to
The scintillating heat
Of Summer.
But you need not worry.
No!
Because you know that every hot Summer
Gives way to the
Coolness of Autu ...
Posted Tuesday, May 5th 2009 at 1:57PM
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Join "FIRM...but fair" host Jeffery A. Faulkerson, MSSW, on Sunday, May 10th at 9:00 p.m. (EST) as he asks his panel of guests how their mentoring programs are changing lives. The phone lines will be open for questions or comments, so give us a call ...
Posted Tuesday, April 28th 2009 at 11:06AM
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For details about the "Love Everlasting" Campaign, visit http://www.pedalnetwork.ning.com. It's time for married, heterosexual couples to boldly proclaim the merits of marriage between one man and one woman.
Be blessed, and continue to be a bless ...
Posted Tuesday, April 14th 2009 at 11:37AM
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Back in 2007, I established a faith-based social research and service organization called PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS Nonprofit Services Division (NSD). This 501c3 organization was created to promote functional families through words and deeds. My goal is, ...
Posted Saturday, April 11th 2009 at 10:03PM
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