Sometimes you don't know when you are lucky. Certainly I did not consider myself lucky when I left home at 17 and discovered the hard way that there was no great demand for a black teenage dropout with no experience and no skill. ...more

September 24, 2008

Linda Ellerbee has some advice for parents who want their children to be good citizens: ...more

January 12, 2008

The proposed free-trade agreement with Colombia has stalled in Congress. The success and stability of Colombia and the Pan-American region depend on our ability to recognize the importance of this agreement to the United States, to Colombia's economy, to human rights progress and to enhanced U.S. national security. ...more

November 25, 2007

Protection For Homes The 'Ha-Ha-Hayhoe' crowd is back I see, spewing propaganda about not allowing law-abiding citizens to have guns. They want to make sure that if they have their way, we won't have a gun when we need one, and they have the gall to spew that women and children aren't smart enough to intelligently keep and bear arms. ...more

September 17, 2007

Mayor Ray Nagin could be days away from announcing he will run for governor of Louisiana - a move many in this stricken city regard as preposterous. ...more

September 5, 2007