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October 22, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Youth served in LaFayette mayoral election
Congratulations to LaFayette. This small town has elected a 21-year-old Auburn University student, Matthew Hurst, as its mayor. They have and will invest in the three greatest natural resources, which our great country has to offer ... youth ... education ... and hope.
April 16, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Clouds roll in, roll out, just like issues of everyday life
The “congressional six-year-old” said to me, “those are stratus clouds!” I was not paying much attention to her at that time so I asked her to repeat what she said. She answered with some irritation, “those are stratus clouds!”
April 09, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Dr. King had the heart to make change
Last week was the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I listened to Tuskegee’s own Tom Joyner on his radio show, the clips from and discussion about Dr. King’s message was powerful.
April 02, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Why can’t we prevent nation’s economy from suffering?
Now that March is over, the reports from the various segments of the economy that make of the Gross National Product (GNP) will report the gains or losses in their areas of production for our nation.
After the employment, constructions and manufacturing numbers are in this week, we will know if we are in a recession or a depression.
March 26, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Routines learned as children carry into adulthood
Four little boys dawned the steps of the church on that Easter morning, ready to show the results of all the previous month of hard work. Dressed in their various new shirts and ties indicative of Easter colors, the little boys excitedly greeted each other. As they began to engage in “little boy” talk, the program director asked them to line up for the processional.
March 12, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Despite controversies, we still love the game
The smell of spring is on it’s way. I believe that 2008’s delivery will arrive a little later than previous years.
February 27, 2008
Desmond Scaife: Male role models provide positive examples to follow
I grew up around male figures who were born and aged in the time periods of the turn of the century, the roaring twenties, the great depression, segregation, the civil rights movement, the “black power” experience and the “I am somebody” era. These men were not your average men nor were they perfect men, but they were men who understood their purpose and did not stand in the way of destiny.
February 20, 2008
It’s amazing what our ancestors did with so little
History has always appealed to me. It is amazing to learn how our relatives and ancestors were able to do so much with so little. My great-grandmother had a vegetable stand, a meat house and a bakery — all in her house on “Baptist Hill.”
February 13, 2008
Valentines give gift of immeasurable love
On occasion, I have had the opportunity to observe love in action. Many poets have defined love with the symbolic and immeasurable quantities of God’s creations in nature.
February 06, 2008
Whatever has trickled down will eventually trickle up
I recently had the occasion to overhear a spirited and sharp debate between our “congressional 6-year-old” and her mother.
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