The Silent Killer: High Blood Pressure 101

About two years ago, my doctor saw a pattern in my blood pressure readings that indicated a problem. The readings were consistently higher than previous readings in the past. I wasn’t worried because I’d always had low blood pressure, so I figured that my readings had moved in the right direction. How uninformed I was. I couldn’t have been more wrong....

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What's Up With the Right Wing? Meet the Journalists

Stanford University economist Thomas Sowell argues that that the Right is made up of many different elements that have almost nothing to do with each other besides opposition to the Left: What is called "the right" are simply the various and disparate opponents of the left. These opponents of the left may share no particular principle, much less...

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Save Your Money: Never Buy These Again

Remember the lines from the musical theme to the old television show  "Good Times..."easy credit rip-off, Good Times"?  We may think that ease and convenience make for "good times", but most of us have more time than money. Need some money saving food tips? Cross these items off your grocery store list—whether they're rip-offs, fakes,...

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Could the New Pope Be A Black Man?

Pope Benedict XVI's resignation opens the possibility of the fourth Black Pope in the Catholic Church. Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria and Cardinal Peter Kodwo of Ghana have been mentioned as possibilities....

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Pope Benedict XVI Resigns

  Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. The announcement sets the stage for a conclave in March to elect a new leader for world’s 1 billion Catholics. The announcement took the Vatican — and the rest of the world — by surprise. Benedict emphasized...

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On the Record: Actress-Activist Kerry Washington

   You may know her as Olivia Pope, Washington fixer, crisis management expert, and girlfriend to U. S. President Fitzgerald Grant, the most powerful man in the world. She's the lead actress in Shonda Rhimes' 2012 popular drama Scandal.  Maybe you recognize her from her most recent role as Broomhilda von Shaft,...

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Eat Early- Shed Weight

Most people working on losing weight have heard the caution to eat before 6:00 p.m. Sometimes we make it, sometimes we don't. Now a recent scientific study proves that in trying to control your weight,when you eat matters as much as what you eat. In the study, four hundred twenty overweight men and women were monitored for 20 weeks. The subjects...

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Five New Behaviors For A New Lifestyle: A Thinner Me in 2013

Welcome to Part Three of my series on "A Thinner Me in 2013". I hope you've learned a few new facts about eating healthier and have made a few changes that will lead to a healthier you. Here are some suggestions for five new behaviors that can lead to weight loss. Be Wary of "Diet" FoodsI can't tell you how often I actually gained...

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Tim Scott and "Mo" Cowan: Historical Pair in the U. S. Senate

For the first time in history, there are two African Americans serving in the United States Senate. SC Governor Nikki Haley appointed freshman Republican Congressman Tim Scott to replace Senator Jim De Mint who left the post to head the Heritage Foundation. After John Kerry resigned his Senate seat to assume his duties as Secretary of...

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NASA Remembers Lost Heroes

Ten years ago, the shuttle Columbia crumbled to Earth after 16 days in the heavens. As the shuttle passed over Tyler, Texas en route to a routine landing in Florida, its left wing failed to withstand the heat of reentry. The craft burst into more than 83,000 pieces, showering the land below for hundreds of miles. The seven astronauts aboard...

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