ASAP Rocky and This New Wave

Photo Credit: Billboard “Peso,” ASAP Rocky LAST YEAR MAY MARK a moment of pivot; where everything changes deep within the subculture: implying a possible shift in the ethos of what comprised the corps Continue reading →

‘Freakonomics’ on Cheating Enviornments

Photo Credit: Dr. Lakra THE 2005 BOOK FREAKONOMICS  was a resounding hit. The authors, Steven Levitt, a University of Chicago economist, and Stephen J. Dubner, a New York Times’ journalist, Continue reading →

Basically

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9.11.01 | A Confirmation

9.11.01 | A Confirmation THE REGULAR SCHOOL YEAR hadn’t begun yet, it was still summer and I was taking a stats course during summer session at the local city college; Continue reading →

‘The Sabre’

I DON’T KNOW if I hold any more romantic a view of a machine than that which I hold for the F-86, especially given my considerably pronounced romanticizing of war-birds. Continue reading →

The Fleer Sticker Project

Photo Credit: Fleer Sticker Project ON MY TUMBLR, I used to post scanned basketball cards, and on my even more intermittent basketball blog: Searching for Harold Miner, I would get Continue reading →

His Lost Situational Awareness

WE are now even more ensconced in this remarkable fix: the economy has been putrid for years and shows little signs of improvement, and with no actual assistance from the Continue reading →

A Rap Session with Rickey Powell

Photo Credit: Format Magazine Editor’s Note: WRITING has its perks. You get to sit in the corner with your nose in the air and snicker at Joe-Blow-six-pack, a lot of Continue reading →