Category: Thoughts of a Native Child

BY J E SOLOMON Everywhere I went and people were talking about the NBA finals, it was clear that many basketball fans were rooting for the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Miami Heat.

BY J E SOLOMON Naomi Campbell, the supermodel, is once again in the news over an issue that, perhaps unknown to her, may hurt her reputation more than boost it.

By J E SOLOMON Two young lovers, Maria and Philip, have parents and grandparents who are strict disciplinarians of the old breed.  They were instructed by their parents to consult with their pastor every two weeks.

By J E SOLOMON The Paramount Chief of Gomoa Akyempim in Ghana, West Africa, Obrifo Ahunako Ahor Ankobea II, is reported

BY J E SOLOMON It happened only recently.  I was using one of New Jersey’s roads during the typical after-4pm traffic.  The two lane

Last month, under the article headed “Why Libya? Not Another War Please” I had the audacity to suggest, that the mainstream Western media’s approach to the Libyan anti-government protests, and calls for international intervention were all

BY J E SOLOMON On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I want to touch on an aspect of women that had often struck me with wonder and amusement.  It is their seemingly uncanny capacity to endure physical pain under situations where the

BY J E SOLOMON The wave of popular uprising now sweeping through the Arab world is gradually brewing into a kind of

J E SOLOMON The Christmas season had come and gone. The usual gift-giving ritual of the season and of the New Year celebration may, perhaps, continue for some time.

By J E SOLOMON Over the past few months my cousin Philip and his wife Annie (not their real names) have been bickering and threatening separation from 18 years of marriage that has given them three