http://www.macon.com/151/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2009 Macon Telegraph Charles E. Richardson 60 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:29 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/151/story/907450.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/907450.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36 EST Last week, CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed Gen. Colin Powell. After all, it marked the one-year anniversary of the election of President Barack Obama. What he said was the most crucial part of any solution for reaching our troubled youth: “If I could snap my finger and do one thing, I would make sure that every young American boy or girl, but especially African-American (children), have a responsible, caring adult in their lives. http://www.macon.com/151/story/899312.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/899312.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:42 EDT Last week, I said I was going to start offering solutions to pull us out of the deep pit we find ourselves in, particularly among young black males. While our society is flowing around the toilet clockwise, many in the black community have already been flushed. http://www.macon.com/151/story/890839.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/890839.html Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:43 EDT Forty-four years ago, Sen. Patrick Moynihan predicted a dim future for the black community. What has become known as the Moynihan Report was prophetic: “From the wild Irish slums of the 19th-century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: a community that allows large numbers of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future — that community asks for and gets chaos. Crime, violence, unrest, disorder ... are not only to be expected, they are very near to inevitable.” http://www.macon.com/151/story/882447.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/882447.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:44 EDT They looked like elementary school students everywhere. Some shuffled around with their shoelaces untied, others looked at us as if we were alien from another planet. They were, after all, just like children everywhere, however, they are different. All 868 of the students at A.B. Combs Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C., are considered leaders by their teachers, the school’s administration and the business community that supports the school. And, most important, the children consider themselves leaders, too. http://www.macon.com/151/story/866845.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/866845.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:10 EDT News Flash: Houston, we’ve got a problem, and so does Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago — and Macon. http://www.macon.com/151/story/858186.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/858186.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:00 EDT For the past few weeks I’ve outlined some of the issues facing young men, particularly African-American young men. There are few days that go by without seeing a line up of black faces — young black faces — that have committed heinous crimes. We wonder how they got to a point where they could pull out a gun in the commission of a robbery and shoot someone to death? http://www.macon.com/151/story/841181.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/841181.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:12 EDT If you happen to be driving around the city during the day, you might catch sight of a school-aged black male child walking down the street. Generally he’s dressed in a white or black T-shirt and jeans sagging well below the belt line. Have you ever wondered who they are and why aren’t they in school, or do you just make sure your car door is locked? They are part of an ever-growing population: The Lost Boys of Bibb. http://www.macon.com/151/story/833133.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/833133.html Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:46 EDT There are some people in this country who make me shake my head. They make me wonder whether this 233-year-old republic will survive the presidency of Barack Obama. Not because Obama will do things much differently than the preceeding 43 presidents, but because they have a deep-seated hate they can’t shake. http://www.macon.com/151/story/825507.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/825507.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:08 EDT Numbers are fascinating in what they can reveal. Granted, numbers sometimes lack nuance, but they can, in cold, stark relief, tell us where we stand when compared to our peers as individuals, companies and even school systems. http://www.macon.com/151/story/817990.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/817990.html Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:52 EDT Last week, in an effort to sell his health-care proposal, President Obama went to Phoenix, Ariz. As with most things associated with health care nowadays, there were protesters, but there was something different about some of them: They were armed. http://www.macon.com/151/story/810483.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/810483.html Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:43 EDT The Bibb County Board of Education will come to voters during the next few months to convince them it needs to continue the ELOST (Education Local Option Sales Tax) that will expire Jan. 1, 2011. http://www.macon.com/151/story/493481.html http://www.macon.com/151/story/493481.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:35 EDT I don't know about you, but my 401(k) statement arrived the other day. It sat there ominously. I was afraid to open it, knowing what has been going on with financial markets. I debated with myself. Why open it? It can't be good news.