As I watched the sellout crowd at the 31st Annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, I was both joyous and sad.  It was a sadness for having to give up the leadership of the NAACP and it was also a profound disappointment to see that some prominent citizens avoided the banquet to show non-support for president John Marshall.

When Nancy Pelosi announced last fall that impeachment was "off the table," official Washington accepted that the primary avenue for holding lawless Presidents to account had been closed off by the new Speaker of the House. But the Republic's citizenry has not been so inclined. And now, with the Administration's troubles mounting, they're preparing to tell Pelosi that America and the world cannot wait until January 20, 2009, to put an end to Bush's reign of error.

               

By Elizabeth Dede White people just don’t get it.  You can see by my photograph for this column that I’m one of them, so I ought to know.  It’s painful how racist and bigoted we are.  How we make jokes, like Don Imus, and then make excuses.  But the blind, everyday slips are even more difficult to swallow.

 

In our previous article we introduced you to the meanings of "garden" and "cultivate". This article will get you started in developing your own home or community garden. Let us first go back over those definitions. A "garden" is a "plot of ground where herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables are cultivated". And "cultivate" means "to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops".

    

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist

In all 13 aspects of life, ranging from security to obtaining medical care, conditions have grown worse in Iraq since the U.S. invaded the country four years ago.That’s the conclusion of a survey of 2,212 Iraqis conducted by ABC News, USA Today, the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) and ARD, a German television network.