Love Stories: An Author Profile with Kim Kirkley

  Greetings loyal readers. With Father’s Day weekend approaching, it is time to reflect on the value of fatherhood, and healthy relationships. For today’s article, we catch up with author Kim Kirkley. Kirkley is the author of Love Stories: Real Black Men Talk About Love, Marriage & Being A Good Black Man. She is an [...]

Bill Cosby’s Latest Comments

Good morning readers of Polite On Society. A few of you who may read my Facebook wall and Twitter timeline have heard me mention that I intended to talk about Bill Cosby’s latest comments. Well, here they are. I decided to pitch the idea to Time Magazine, and they published it. Here is the link: [...]

Sixteen Tons: The New NYSED Teacher Assessments

  Sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t call me cause I can’t go, I sold my soul to the company store. Well, Tennessee Ernie Ford may have been singing about coal miners in the classic country song Sixteen Tons, but I’ll be damned if [...]

1 Year After Canibus-Dizaster Battle; Both Slip Back Into Obscurity

For hip hop heads, exactly a year ago today was a fateful day for the culture. June 9th, 2012 was the date of the Canibus vs. Dizaster battle, and it ended in a way that no one would have expected. For anyone who wants a recap, here ya go. As for the aftermath of the [...]