(Akiit.com) Can you believe it is mid-December already? Christmas is just two weeks away, and in three weeks, it’ll be a New Year altogether? The more years go by, it seems the faster they fly. And I used to think it was just me – recovering overachiever that I am – ...
(Akiit.com) At the beginning of the 2016 season, the Chicago Cubs were four to one to win, at least according to the bookies. And they did win in a historic league victory, 108 years after their last triumph. But now attention turns again to next year, where the other 29 teams ...
(Akiit.com) There are few things more heartbreaking in this world than finding yourself separated from your family. Whatever reason that there is behind it, finding yourself apart from the people that you love most in the world can be a miserable, stressful experience. It can often make it difficult to do ...
(Akiit.com) When I ran for the US Congress in Louisiana’s former 8th District, the late Congressman Mickey Leland spoke of the “audacity” of my endeavor. At that time, Louisiana had at least one majority Black district, but no members of Congress who were Black. I didn’t run in a majority Black ...
(Akiit.com) It’s been five weeks since the 2016 Presidential election and folks are still shocked, upset, despondent and dismayed about the results. Why? Is it because people dislike Trump so much we forgot our ancestors lived and experienced much worse, even thought Trump hasn’t even been sworn in yet?! I can’t ...
(Akiit.com) Heretofore it would have been inconceivable to think of an American president publicly telling America’s military veterans their loss of life in defense of their country meant nothing to him. Now, to be fair, the words I’m about to share came out of the mouth of Obama spokesman Josh Earnest. ...
(Akiit.com) We are now in a kind of political no-man’s-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky – and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of ...
(Akiit.com) But, but, but Planned Parenthood offers all these other services! That’s the battle cry from “pro-choice” activists across the nation in desperate attempts to redefine what Planned Parenthood clearly is—a business that profits, predominantly, from the killing of over 320,000 human beings a year. What about those “other services” at ...
(Akiit.com) There are many people out there that share the same goals; to be fit and healthy. You try your hardest to go to the gym and exercise as much as possible. Even if you don’t have access to a gym, you can still get a good workout in anywhere you ...
(Akiit.com) When you experience an injury, you might start to worry about how it’s going to impact your health. But there are other concerns too. You need to consider whether it will change your quality of life or how it could alter your career path. You may need to look at ...