It’s good to see that finally someone appreciates our president. -WRMIV “It’s Halftime in America”

As a lifelong African-American resident of Philadelphia I, too, am concerned about violence, but I have never once felt under siege in any of the communities I have lived in by the lawless elements perceived in Signe Wilkinson’s “Occupying Black Philadelphia” cartoon (pictured below). I know that some areas are worse than others in terms [...]

On October 31, 2011 I had my left knee replaced. As of today, 12/13/11, I am still in recovery. This is a slow and often painful process. Given my already challenging health condition, with numerous other maladies, I have had more time than I want to reflect on my life and the lives of those [...]

With 27 percent of Philadelphia below the poverty level and nearly forty percent in the African-American community, who will emerge as the leader in city council for economic development in order to decrease this poverty rate? With new city council members, council president and a second-term mayor with no pressures of re-election, how will the [...]

First and foremost, let me say that I unequivocally support President Obama’s re-election. However, as an African-American business owner in a city that has the highest poverty rate of any large city in the United States (27%), I take issue with his comment to the Black Caucus this past weekend, “stop complaining.” As I  watch [...]

In January 2009, my first staff meeting of the year, I introduced D.I.E: Discipline, Innovation and Education. I urged my staff to embrace the acronym; if we discipline ourselves to find innovative ways of doing the work we do by increasing our knowledge, innovation would be the salvation of our organization, without which, our company [...]