Weekly Columns

(Akiit.com) Nationally syndicated conservative talk show host and lightning rod Rush Limbaugh has made known his plans to purchase the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. Although NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has indicated that Limbaugh’s application for franchise ownership is in its primary phase of consideration and in ...

(Akiit.com) Speaking from the Rose Garden this morning President Obama announced that he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize. The president said that he does not view it as a recognition of his own accomplishments, but as a call to action for the international community to confront global issues. The ...

(Akiit.com) In recent times, women of African descent within many industrialized nations have begun to garner significant financial, social and political standings. This phenomenon finds its expression especially within the confines of the United States of America. With the emergence of such figures as Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks and more ...

(Akiit.com) In his first year in office former president Bill Clinton, who had run as a centrist, was drawn into the new left vortex of socialized healthcare, which led to a resounding defeat for Clinton and the Democrats in the 1994 mid-term elections. Current President Barack Obama too is attempting ...

(Akiit.com) Feeling a little lonely these days? Or how about isolated? Do you spend long stretches alone or in the company of folks making superficial chit chat? Well, you are not alone, at least according to a survey conducted by the General Social Survey. The Social Isolation in America: Changes ...

(Akiit.com) Ever feel like your ideas are never heard at work? It can feel as though you’re at the mercy of what everyone else wants, but struggle to influence decisions and decision makers. You can turn things around by shifting your approach. If you do, you’ll also shift opportunities your ...

(Akiit.com) Recently, my 17-year-old brother David told me the story of a group of girls from his high school hosting a party wearing only bikinis while their teenaged male guest were asked to come fully dressed in “street clothes“. As I went into my elder speech about lost girls who ...

(Akiit.com) The college experience can be a wonderful thing. As my fraternity’s song goes: “College days swiftly pass, imbued with memories fond, and their recollection slowly fades away.” One of the most beautiful things about the experience is the socializing. In a manufactured environment, young men and women begin to ...

(Akiit.com) The new “So In Style (S.I.S.)” Barbie dolls have been praised for their authentic African-American facial features and their spectrum of skin complexions — but what’s up with that hair? Only one of the three S.I.S. dolls (“Trichelle”) has realistic, dark, curls. The other two (“Grace” and “Kara”) sport ...

(Akiit.com) It is good that the President has ceased attempting to sell his public option health care initiative on the strength of a comparison to the United States Postal Service. Americans will not soon be convinced of the economic viability of an expansion of public healthcare when it is compared ...

(Akiit.com) Very few of us were surprised to read a recent Los Angeles Times article in how Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks put the FBI on County Supervisor, Mark Ridley-Thomas, the person that defeated (and demoralized) him the same night America elected its first black President. Ridley-Thomas’ landslide was ...