Category: Opinion
-
The Challenge of Inflation: A Struggle for Survival
Rising prices have become an acute problem these days, making it difficult for everyone to make ends meet. It has forced people to live a miserable life, living from hand to mouth. Necessities are being sold at very high prices. The hardest hit are the common man, the middle class and the poor. Due to…
-
My Ideal Home…
My Ideal home is set in a Victorian manner, in which there are three steeple-like roofs with windows that are long and stain-glass with blinders that close electronically, three bedrooms and three bathrooms and an attic (no garage cause I don’t drive). My Ideal home would also have a huge kitchen with TWO large refrigerators…
-
Jerk Chicken Wine Pairings: Five Unique Ideas to Consider
Jerk chicken on a well-seasoned grill, lathered with pimento, scotch bonnet pepper and served alongside a hearty portion of rice and peas.It’s one of Jamaica’s great gifts to the world–and you can be sure that it packs a punch! Pairing wines with spicy food is a difficult challenge, but I’m here to dispel that myth…
-
Chablis vs Chardonnay: The Tale of Burgundy
Chablis and Chardonnay are two classic white wine varieties from the French wine region of Burgundy. They are actually produced from the same grape; the difference between them are about WHERE and HOW, the grape is made into wine, rather than the grape itself. -The Main Difference Between Chablis and Chardonnay The main difference between…
-
How Am I Feeling Right Now…
I’m feeling great at this time, this is the Labor Day weekend and there is DEFINITELY so much to do and see, with an African Festival coming to my hometown for the next four days, ending on Labor Day. Other than that, I’ve had a real busy week as was looking forward to it like…
-
HBCU Scholars Offer Ways to Close the Wealth Gap for Women
Wealth accural for black women and their families has been an uohill climb from the start. For the first 2 1/2 centuries os U.S. history, black women in general were not paid at all. For at least the next 100 years, Jim Crow policies, like redlining, suppressed their ability to gain wealth. Since the police…
-
The Last Thing I Searched For Online and Why.
I remember the last thing I searched for online and it had something to do with an event that’s occurring during the Labor Day weekend in Chicago and it’s called the African Festival of the Arts and it’s held in Washington EVERY Labor Day weekend and I have beenattending it for over 20 years. It…
-
The T.V. Shows That I Watched As a Kid
The t.v. shows that I watched as a kid are the following, and I was DEFINITELY an ’80s baby (because a majority of them came out in the ’80’s) and I happen to be born in 1976!😊😊😊😊 So there you have it, my favorite shows that I enjoyed as a kid, everything just straight ’80s…
-
What Is My Favorite Season?
My favorite season is fall because of the colors of the leaves and the trees when they turn into a reddish-orange color during the turn of the season. The holidays also set a great tone for the seasons for there is Indigenous Day (some people still call it Columbus Day), Halloween, which falls on the…