The Cutting Room Floor

It’s time for Congressional Democrats to put up or shut up. History will mark this moment as either the rebirth of the modern Democratic Party, or the moment of its final demise. So, who’s got Obama’s back?

If nothing else, the iPad is an evolutionary (not revolutionary) product. One that align the industry and help define what the tablet computing experience should be — task-oriented without regard for the underlying system supporting it.

John H. Bustamante, the graduate school roommate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., fondly remembers the icon during the formative years at Boston University. Share the affectionate memories of the man who shared King’s room in more than half a century ago.

Kara Burrell Wright wonders, how do women play their cards about their hair weave with their partners, men in particular?

No one gave me the manual on “How to be a Good Black Father.”i was blessed to be in contact with a number of strong Black men, many of whom demonstrated to me models of what i need to be for my children on a regular basis. read »

Unfortunately, like it or not, there are a lot of teams in major league baseball that are not going to make the playoffs. And most of those teams know it today, with six weeks still to go in the season. read »

How can Michael Vick spend 23 months in jail, miss two NFL seasons, lose over a $100 million, and still be suspended? read »

Publisher Shannon Jones welcome you to The Cutting Room Floor: A room without walls and a floor without boundaries. read »

Some friends and I got together the other night for dinner and the conversation of “what is a friend” came up. The question became: how many friends do you think you have? What amazed me was how different men and women view friendships.

I met a young Muslim woman at the hospital yesterday while we both were waiting to be x-rayed. She didn’t look frightened so much as concerned about her reason for being there, and as a therapy, asked me what was the matter. “Pneumonia,” I said. “How ’bout you?” “Cancer,” I said.