IT SEEMS so long ago now, the life of drug dealing, violence and retaliation that Edwin Desamour [...]
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Can Solomon escape the Lego store?
ON SATURDAY, I came home to something I don't often experience as a man with a wife [...]
Read moreThe Fort Hood shooting and the truth about veterans
WEDNESDAY, AROUND 4 p.m. A tranquil Texas afternoon was shattered by the sound of a .45-caliber semi-automatic [...]
Read moreWWCD: What would Carolyn do?
IN MY years as a father, I've learned one simple truth: Parenting never gets easier. If your life [...]
Read moreAiling 76ers need a doctor — Dr J
LAST WEDNESDAY I took the family to see the Sixers and watched them extend their 20-plus-game losing streak. It was the [...]
Read moreQuestions on the Edward Snowden leaks
THE EDWARD SNOWDEN leaks came with claims of patriotism, but when I look at Snowden, it's hard [...]
Read moreReport: Black kids face more preschool suspensions
AS A BLACK FATHER, my concerns for my children are much the same as those of other [...]
Read moreHell hath no fury…
I STILL REMEMBER the first time I saw a weapon in my house. It was about three years [...]
Read moreLessons from Connecticut
LAST MONTH, I traveled to New Haven, Conn., to deliver speeches to two groups of young people. [...]
Read moreThe weight before Spring Break 2014
SPRING BREAK 2014 is almost here, and things are about to change. Flowers will rise from once-frozen soil. [...]
Read morePhilly schools: It’s the principal
TO PARAPHRASE a saying that I heard once, “If you can bind up the strong leader, you [...]
Read moreSolomon Jones and the Pothole of Doom
WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE complain about this winter's record snowfall, I find myself saying stuff like, "You call [...]
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