Opinion
Penitentiary Valedictorian A Commencement Speech from Captivity to Freedom
I’ve written a lot of stories. Seven years ago, this very publication – The West Texas Tribune, was the first newspaper that printed my work, outside of my school paper in college. I was a beat reporter for the sports page and eventual sports editor for The Rambler at my Alma Mater, Texas Wesleyan…
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Nov. 19, 2017Payday Lenders Try Legislative Run Around State Laws, CFPB Regulation By Charlene Crowellcharlene-crowell – ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ is a well-known adage. In recent weeks, it seems that phrase could also be an apt description of the unrelenting efforts of predatory payday lenders to sell their wares.Across the…
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Trail of Tears
Although it’s no simple task and difficult to do, most who are keenly observant of or listen closely to Donald Trump will recognize that he is a fan of President Andrew Jackson. [[more]] If “fan” is over-zealous, it can be said that Jackson is inspirational to his current successor in The Office. After all, Trump…
Read MoreFamous or Infamous
The other night as I was watching the news on a local TV station it was announced that out of all of the TV markets in the US, the Abilene, Texas market had the highest percent of people in the US voting for Donald Trump. That makes us number one in the US and possibly…
Read MoreTo Be Equal – America Faces a Time for Racial Healing
By Marc H. Morial – “I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to…
Read MoreRace, Gender and Healing
– Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our social fabric has been shredded by the ugliness of this campaign. Sure, there have been ugly campaigns before, but this one has revealed the extent to which racism and sexism are acceptable features of…
Read MoreSOCIALLY SPEAKING- EXPECT CHANGES IN OUR COUNTRY
So many rapid changes that transpired in 2016. Our country became vulnerable in the face of the enemy raging and escaping. Spreading its hateful virus where least expected taking innocent lives, and injuring many. The face of a monster blemishing those weak souls that have somehow lost touch with life. {{more}}The year that made history…
Read MoreThe Bottom Unlimited Opportunity
Many of you know that I operate a Financial Services business. Over the last 33 years we have had some turbulent markets, during those times I would get calls asking do you think we have reached the bottom yet. Some clients ask this question because they are unnerved by the turmoil but others know that…
Read MoreWhy are the Poor Unmentionable?
By Julianne Malveaux – There is no question that Hillary Clinton “won” the September 26 Presidential debate. She was knowledgeable, composed, unflappable, and occasionally even funny. {{more}} Her opponent, who had the temerity to criticize her “stamina”, seemed to lack stamina of his own. By the time the 90-minute debate was over, the rude, sniffling,…
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