By The Admin on July 27, 2009
Quarterback Michael Vick has been reinstated to the NFL on a conditional basis and may be able to play by the sixth week of the regular season, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday.
Vick, who completed a 23-month criminal sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting ring, will be considered for full reinstatement for the October 18-19 games [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on July 27, 2009
The 911 caller who reported two men possibly breaking into the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not describe their race, acknowledged they might just be having a hard time with the door and said she saw two suitcases on the porch.
Cambridge police on Monday released the 911 recording and radio [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on July 27, 2009
A woman who called the police to report two men trying to break in to the home of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. didn’t mention the suspects’ race, according to a police recording.
Police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Harvard is located, made the recording public today without commenting on it. The caller reported “two [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on July 27, 2009
First lady Michelle Obama promoted the work of community health centers on Monday, saying they have a critical place in her husband’s effort to overhaul how the nation delivers health care.
At times echoing President Barack Obama, she said “health insurance reform isn’t just about the nearly 46 million Americans who don’t have insurance. It’s about [...]
Posted in Health, White House
By The Admin on July 27, 2009
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The stock basketball one liner came to mind when I heard President Obama utter his now infamous “acting stupid” line referring to the cuffing of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. The star player takes a wild shot and the livid coach screams “no,” “no” “no” and then when the improbable happens and the [...]
Posted in Race, White House
