The first session that I attended featured Governor Jennifer Granholm, as well as T. Boone Pickens. As far as I was concerned, it was a great combination. Granholm, our governor, has been a huge proponent of diversifying our economy-one of those areas being research and development of alternative energy technologies. There’s also Pickens, who [...]

As I stood in line at the grocery store, a magazine title popped out at me:  “Oprah reaches 200 pounds!” I thought to myself, “So what? Big Deal!”  Everyone is obsessed with weight.  It seems that all the commercials on TV are promoting some sort of diet plan, diet pills, or exercise equipment.  The media is [...]

Cutting-edge, breaking boundaries, ever changing-these are words that could apply as much to modern Latinos as much as to the contemporary art featured at MOCAD. For those of you that don’t know, MOCAD (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) is southeast Michigan’s only contemporary art museum. It is located at 4454 Woodward Ave, in the heart [...]

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Just the other day, the weirdest thing happened. I was over my friend Antonio’s house for his birthday party. It was a small shindig—just to celebrate his birthday. I won’t divulge his age, but let’s say that he’s a few years shy of 40. Yes…I did bust his balls a little bit. Antonio’s a good [...]