See friends before they've had time to get their pictures developed

Our present way of life is not viable

In 1961, after his obligatory service, General Colin Powell could have left the US Army. He didn't, he writes in his autobiography, "My American Journey," because "for a black no other avenue in American society offered so much opportunity."

Many whites have no idea what African Americans really feel about the situation.

By the time the amnesty expired only three people had returned money

Gus Envela Jr believes that too many in public life have stayed on too long.

Then, to the Mayor's surprise, Edith marched forward and grabbed the microphone.

I was the white sheep of the family

The media are given privileges and protections because they have a special function in our democracy

I have not yet had the chance to meet Irina Ratushinskaya, a leading writer of her generation in the Soviet Union, but I am fortunate to have an autographed copy of her book ‘Grey is the Color of Hope.’ For some reason this stirring account of her life in a Soviet Labor Camp – where she was imprisoned for her poetry when she was only 28 years old and nearly died from maltreatment and the hunger strikes she endured to call attention to the abuse of human rights – has not yet caught on here. In Europe it is a best seller, with more than 70,000 sold in Sweden alone.