Keeping Up with the Jones
Fire them all
The latest bombs in the ongoing Penn State and Florida A&M scandals have dropped.
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The great myth
The latest issue of Time magazine examines the “History of the American Dream.” It’s an interesting read and relevant on national, local and personal levels.
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The gay menace is coming for you!
Barack Obama is an incredibly careful and calculating fellow. In many ways, it seems that almost every decision in his adult life has been politically motivated and sometimes ruthlessly pragmatic.
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Stop avoiding those conversations about race
Predictably, the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case has prompted a good percentage of Americans to once again retreat to their racial corners.
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Marriage must really suck!
For some reason, there has been a bevy of reports about the decline of marriage in America lately.
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An old solution for new hope: neo-segregation
I sometimes feel like Mike Tyson in jail. Mike talked about how tough it was being incarcerated with the “baddest man on the planet” label affixed to him.
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The only just and effective response to hazing
Hazing has been in the national spotlight again lately since Florida A&M University (FAMU) drum major Robert Champion was beaten to death on a band bus after a football game in late November.
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The 2011 Jones Awards
I was going to call these the first annual “LEO Jones Awards,” but my editor would probably say, “Uh, we have NOTHING to do with this madness! The Jones is insane!
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Down Goes Frazier … and Paterno: A Tale of Two Joes
For years I have closed many columns with, “Have no fear, stay strong, stand on truth, and do justice.” Somewhere along the line, as I lost faith in leadership across the board, I added
