Beyond My Island Dreams
Recently I took a trip I approached with both anticipation and dread . The marrying kind “We’re getting married,” my friend Kay had said when…
On the Rocks in Vegas
I didn’t know it would be Las Vegas—I didn’t know at the time the capital of sin would give me back my sanity. Code ex-boyfriend…
Affirmative Action and the Education Abyss
This summer seeping through the quagmire of continuous news coverage of disappearing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the latest J.Lo and Ben antics…
The Free Agent and My Father
For most Americans work means a steady 9 to 5 gig with benefits. But the benefits of a weekly paycheck and health insurance often come…