Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights, is a book penned by Dr. Gretchen Sorin, a distinguished professor at The State University of New York College at Oneonta (SUNY). I was made aware of the book’s existence in a very unlikely place – a guest
News is everywhere and sometimes it’s better to stay silent
News is everywhere, and its sole purpose today seems to encourage divisiveness rather than unity. Today’s societal climate is a raging sea of confusion, judgment, adversity and animosity. The information being reported – both accurately and inaccurately – is extremely impactful as we go about our daily lives, none of
Audi ad shows how society cannot differentiate between good and bad
An article recently ran on CNN.com entitled, “Audi pulls ‘insensitive’ ad featuring girl eating banana in front of car”. It’s not often you hear of an Audi ad sparking such controversy, so I thought it was worth a click-through to the full story. It seems that over the weekend, the
Phubbing – competing with a hand-held device for your time
You’ve probably never heard of the word “phubbing” before, but I’d wager to say you’ve applied what it means with some regularity. On Psychology Today, Emma Seppälä, Ph.D. writes, “Phubbing is the practice of snubbing others in favor of our mobile phones.” In other words, when someone is having a conversation with
Streaming services are addictive costing time not money
Cutting the cord is the latest trend when it comes to television entertaining. Gone are the days when you’re held prisoner to cable companies and contracts which charge outrageous prices for programming you’ll never watch in an 24-hour day. Streaming services are now all the rage. But while they may