About Robert Washington

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. The Army says one shooter has been killed and two others apprehended on Thursday in the shooting and all are U.S. soldiers. 3:33 Update: FORT HOOD, […]

Each day for the last three yearsI have heard of someone being laid off. The terms downsized ,marked redundant and phased out are now common descriptions. It’s never easy to deal with unemployment. I was lucky. I was given time to mentally, spiritually and financially prepare for the inevitable. Coping with unemployment—whether expected or unexpected—is […]

The holiday season can stress out the best of us. Often we get overwhelmed by the list of things we need to purchase or the people we need to see. It often becomes a time of the year where we look back at all the shortcomings and disappointments of the year. Here is a list […]

*If you’re a quick-witted Bible scholar there could be a $20,000 price waiting just for you. Marketing expert Darrel Rundus has created a contest where the only requirement is to name the Ten Commandments of God, in order, in 20 seconds or less. According to World Net Daily, Rundus, a self-made millionaire, will dial telephone […]

NEW YORK (Fortune) — Dear Annie: I enjoyed your Sept. 30 column, and readers’ comments, about how to decide whom to “friend” on Facebook. I recently joined LinkedIn, which I have heard is a terrific job-search tool, but I could really use some pointers on how to make the most of it. (I lost my […]

(CNN) — The Natural Edges Salon in Dallas, Texas, is a rowdy barbershop where black men gather to loudly talk smack, politics and sports. But on one wintry November morning last year, the men suddenly stopped talking. Someone turned the radio off, and the barbers’ clippers stopping humming. A man had just challenged the customers’ […]

We all know that men are simple and uncomplicated, just love him (insert a four letter word in the place of “love”) , occasionally stroke that ego and feed him. Men will tell you that it does not matter if a woman knows how to cook or not, they can still fall in love. Food […]

Research confirms what many parents instinctively feel when they don’t like to spank their child, but they don’t know what else to do. The latest research from Dr. Murray Strauss at the Family Research Laboratory affirms that spanking teaches children to use acts of aggression and violence to solve their problems. It only teaches and […]

It was Joshua Almond’s first semester grade point average of 3.53 that gave him the motivation he needed to succeed at West Georgia State University. But, Almond didn’t get that GPA alone. Having been a good student in high school, Almond had some help with the often difficult transition into college academia. When he arrived […]