Lagos This is a classic ACORN story. One of our Brooklyn local group leaders, Dr. Toks Pearce, was originally from Nigeria and now a US citizen with no plans to return to this country. Then a boyhood friend who had run for election as Governor of the State of Lagos and narrowly lost 4 years …
Category: ACORN
This I Believe – Monday NPR!
Lagos We have been informed that an essay I wrote and read for the NPR series, “This I Believe,” will be aired on Monday morning, January 29th, on the “Morning Edition” show. That’s really all we know, so good luck hearing it, and hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of it …
Part of the Vernacular
New Orleans Nice to have a day when the office is an option, but decidedly not mandatory, and the parades are running in earshot of the house making it easy to join and keep the tradition of civil rights alive. Makes me think, and that leads me to share a little something that comes from my …