Some would dismiss a nursing home in Miami as “God’s waiting room.” Yet, Marc Agronin’s life as a geriatric psychiatrist has taught him that seniors have much to share. As Agronin first learned from 98-year-old…
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This weekend, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will open an exhibition of outstanding paintings, furniture and works in silver and ivory from Roberta and Richard Huber’s collection of Spanish and Portuguese colonial art. “Journeys to…
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Every year since I began writing this column, I have paused in February to reflect on the Black experience. February is Black History Month and while I regret that too many of us only think…
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History is filled with half-truths, especially about our heroes. Lincoln, for instance, wasn’t the stern, humorless man that old photos lead you to believe. Queen Victoria was very definitely “amused” quite often. Roosevelt made mistakes,…
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African-Americans have historically been a minority in meteorology. In fact, a 2008 American Meteorological Society (AMS) survey touched on that underrepresented when it revealed less than two percent of its members were Black (that breakdown…
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Keith Sweat has come a long way since his R&B heyday. He is still recording (currently on tour), is the host of the nationally syndicated “The Sweat Hotel,” is launching a dating reality show and…
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