Summer Blend: Books with a Biracial Theme
A funny thing happened on the way to the publishing house. It was about 10 years ago that I decided to write a nonfiction book on the biracial experience in America. As any author will tell you,...
View ArticleTop 10 Signs You're Living the Multiracial Experience
Let's see, the New York Times is running a series on multiracial Americans, NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin is celebrating literary works with a biracial theme in its summer reading series, and...
View ArticleTop 10 Signs You Might Be a Metrosexual
Another twist on living the single life... Top 10 Signs You Might Be a Metrosexual 10. You can French braid a woman’s hair faster than you can change a flat tire. 9. In the last five years, you’ve...
View ArticleWill "Loving Day" Be Different This Year?
There’s a little-known, unofficial holiday on the calendar this month. It’s called “Loving Day,” and celebrations are set to take place over the next two weekends in a number of U.S. cities. If you’re...
View ArticleIf you're happily single, why fight it?
I must have looked pathetic. A grown man crying on a bench outside of a train station late at night. And all because of a date that had ended badly. How lame. I say “date” because we hadn’t been...
View ArticleOnce you go Mac, you (almost) never go back
It’s time for me to eat my words. The words I posted a couple of years ago on this blog about Apple computers, that is. Back in 2010, I said that while I liked my iMac, I would never buy a MacBook....
View ArticleWhy This Confirmed Bachelor Likes Valentine's Day
Her cell phone rang soon after we were seated at the small Italian restaurant in one of those “trendy” parts of town. She pushed the strands of her long dark hair behind her ear and lifted the phone to...
View Article7 Lessons for Older Students Considering Law School
Four years ago, I gave up a broadcast journalism career in Washington, DC, to move to Ohio to go to law school. Now that I’m graduating, I’ve compiled a list of seven lessons from my law school...
View ArticleLoving Day, brought to you by Cheerios
I just sat down and ate a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast. Honey Nut Cheerios, to be exact. I've been buying the cereal for some time, so that new Cheerios commercial featuring an interracial family...
View ArticleJust Because We're Single Doesn't Mean We're Gay
“Does your gate swing the other way?” My co-worker wanted to know.It was her way of trying to figure out if I might be gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But my reply probably didn’t help...
View ArticleFive More Pick-up Lines for Recent Law School Graduates
As a follow-up to my list of Top 10 Law Student Pick-up Lines, written when I was still a first-year law student, here are...Five More Pick-up Lines for Recent Law School Graduates 5. “Hey baby, wha'...
View ArticleCountdown to the Bar Exam: What Your Loved Ones Need to Know
A Cautionary Tale for the Friends and Relatives of Law School Graduates“Shut up, people! Just shut up!” I wanted to scream. “You’re not an attorney, you’ve never been to law school, you have no idea...
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