Jackson has also been an editorial writer at the Baltimore Sun and the Birmingham (Ala.) News. While at the News, he and two colleagues won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1991 for a series on changing Alabama's tax system. He also worked for United Press International and the Birmingham Post-Herald.
What happens to a dream
deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore -
Let religion guide your decisions, but let's not choose politicians based on religious standards.
Last year, when Barack Obama's quest for the presidency began picking up steam, an often-asked question was: Is he black enough for African American voters?
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The Book of Ecclesiastes says all is vanity and vexation under the sun. That's certainly the way a lot of us feel about the Philadelphia mayoral candidates. They're either vain or vexing. But they're also well qualified.
- The problem is, we buy more goods than we sell, and we borrow to make up the difference.'Now, don't you worry your pretty little head about that" always seems to be the retort of the economics literati when the economically stupid start asking questions about the U.S. trade deficit.
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There are several schools of thought on the best way to reduce the violence in Philadelphia that resulted in more than 400 murders last year.
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