Annette John-Hall http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall RSS Feed for Inq Col Annette John-Hall en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT Annette John-Hall: Fox News strangles open debate by firing a liberal Philly voice http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091108_Annette_John-Hall__Fox_News_strangles_open_debate_by_firing_a_liberal_Philly_voice.html I'm sure Fox News, cash cow that it is, doesn't need little ol' me to bolster its already fat ratings. Annette John-Hall: Putting a bit of pizzazz in Civics 101 http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091106_Annette_John-Hall__Putting_a_bit_of_pizzazz_in_Civics_101.html I don't know about you, but for me, Tuesday's election had all the excitement of a room-temperature Coke. No fizz at all. Annette John-Hall: After kids and career, women unite to find their next fulfillment http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091025_Annette_John-Hall__After_kids_and_career__women_unite_to_find_their_next_fulfillment.html This weekend I'm headed to Sonoma in California's lush Napa Valley, where I'll join my sister and eight of her best friends on a "transitions retreat." It's slated as a weekend of conversation, reflection, and - thank you, Lord - massage, geared toward helping my big sis figure out where her next source of happiness will come from. Annette John-Hall: No shelter for family in need http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091023_Annette_John-Hall___No_shelter_for_family_in_need.html To protect her, I'll simply call her Ms. J, as her lawyer does in a complaint filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. Annette John-Hall: As neighbors burnish Robeson's reputation, house needs revival, too http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091018_Annette_John-Hall__As_neighbors_burnish_Robeson_s_reputation__house_needs_revival__too.html Anybody who knows about Paul Robeson knows that one little smidgen of his extraordinary life could easily fill a history book. Annette John-Hall: At 90, dance master still en pointe http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091009_Annette_John-Hall__At_90__dance_master_still_en_pointe.html Sydney King, still swan-elegant at 90, sits in her dimly lit studio at the Sydney King School of Dance in West Philly and skims through one of her many yellowed scrapbooks. Annette John-Hall: She and sisters doing all they can to conquer a family enemy: Cancer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091004_Annette_John-Hall__She_and_sisters_doing_all_they_can_to_conquer_a_family_enemy__Cancer.html Just before Christmas last year, after her breast cancer had returned and metastasized to her brain, my friend Gloria urged - make that ordered - me to make sure at least one of us became a witness to history. Annette John-Hall: In this crisis, dogs' best friend was a woman http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20091002_Annette_John-Hall__In_this_crisis__dogs__best_friend_was_a_woman.html Is it me, or does it seem that ever since Michael Vick came to town, suddenly every news report has an animal-cruelty story? Like nothing was going on before his arrival. Annette John-Hall: For single mothers needing college help, she wrote the book http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20090927_Annette_John-Hall__For_single_mothers_needing_college_help__she_wrote_the_book.html Sherrill Mosee doesn't claim to be in the abstinence business. She'd rather make her mission restoring dreams. See, Mosee is in the business of second chances. Family Care Solutions Inc., the Philadelphia nonprofit she founded in 1998, gives child-care scholarships to low-income single mothers who want to continue with their education. Annette John-Hall: So much for the benefit of the doubt http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/annette_john-hall/20090924_Annette_John-Hall__So_much_for_the_benefit_of_the_doubt.html I wanted to believe that it was just a big misunderstanding, a splash that turned into a tidal wave. Black and Latino campers disinvited from an all-white swim club, perfect feed for a media frenzy in a slow summer month.