Can We Really?

Three years ago, around 11pm Eastern time, the news went out around the world that Barack Obama had won the 2008 U.S. Presidential election and had become the first African-American president of this country. Three years later… Obama is still president, gearing up for his 2012 re-election campaign – a campaign that might have seemed [...]

The Dubious Honor of Fame

We all want to be remembered. You don’t want to look back on your life and realize you haven’t done anything remarkable or anything worth remembering. It doesn’t have to be something spectacular. Maybe it’s just knowing that you were a good parent who raised a good child. Maybe you had a career that was [...]

Travelin’ Solo

Two weeks ago, I had the chance to cross yet another item off my 15 Before 30 list: take a trip by myself – with no regrets. I love to travel and the list of places I want to see in my lifetime is probably always going to be longer than the list of places [...]