Essay 760

Being a man with a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• The Los Angeles Times presented the story of Torrence Brannon-Reese (pictured above), who runs a program for fatherless students called “See A Man, Be A Man.” The program teaches young men a host of things including responsibility, cleanliness, the importance of caring for family and more. Click on the essay title above to see a man worth checking out.

• Rapper-actor DMX spent the night in jail before posting $25,000 bail. A judge had ordered an arrest warrant after DMX failed to appear in court for recent speeding and traffic charges (see Essay 757). Upon posting bail, DMX probably sped off in a fancy sports car.

• USA Today admitted it cannot prove key elements in its story accusing telecommunications companies of providing customer records to the National Security Agency (see Essay 606 and more). An article in the newspaper stated, “Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees confirm that the National Security Agency has compiled a massive database of phone call records. … But some lawmakers also say that cooperation by the nation’s telecommunication companies was not as extensive as first reported by USA Today on May 11.” USA Today should know better than to use members of the House and Security intelligence committees as sources, as these intelligence committees rarely exhibit intelligence.