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@djennings: Ppl r dumb. Don't say a whole lot. Don't say anything requiring context or analysis. Talk in small chunks so u stay out of troublez, ok?
By Derek Jennings | 10 Jun 2009

Thoughts whirl in my head, cavorting with hope and possibilities they dared not embrace prior to this day. I let them dance.
By Derek Jennings | 12 Nov 2008

If Randy Scheunemann's Georgian connections provide even a scintilla of influence over a potential President McCain's decision on whether we go to war on that country's behalf, that is the very antithesis of democracy.
By Derek Jennings | 20 Aug 2008

Pulling into the gas station these days, I elicit the kind of "What does he do to afford that?" stares normally reserved for those rolling in a Bentley or Ferrari.
By Derek Jennings | 30 Jul 2008

You know that a piece of your humanity is being siphoned when your mind no longer challenges the premise of stories about how murders have increased by 11 percent over the same period of last year—as if last year's number was acceptable.
By Derek Jennings | 2 Apr 2008

The Clintons clap on beat, but widen the racial divide
A few weeks ago, Clinton rather clumsily countered that it took President Lyndon Johnson to realize King's "Dream," and the racial undertones of her comments pissed off a lot of folks.
By Derek Jennings | 6 Feb 2008

Is this love? Maybe not.
Malicious liars are a known quantity. More intriguing are those who claim to love black people, yet can't seem to miss an opportunity to condemn them.
By Derek Jennings | 7 Nov 2007

As with any wannabe athletes and entertainers among my progeny, I feel compelled to tell any would-be president of mine, "That's fine, but aim higher."
By Derek Jennings | 26 Sep 2007

My wife and I view the proper raising, nurturing, training and equipping of our children as our God-given responsibility.
By Derek Jennings | 22 Aug 2007

The smoking elephant in the room
"They say the city make a dark impression The youth just lost and they want direction But they don't get the police, they get the protection And walk around with heat like Charlton Heston, man."
By Derek Jennings | 18 Oct 2006

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