All posts on November 8th, 2021

Dear reader, there are so many changes in our world today yet how much has changed or will change for you personally. Many are facing suspension or major decisions that would have never been a thought or concern just a few years back. It seems our leaders, alongside world leaders, are changing their minds more than we can count. Here in Montreal, we just had federal elections and now municipal elections are upon us and not long after that we will find ourselves at the polls again for a provincial election for even more changes. Many politicians are making promises …

A century ago in 1921, known as the World Boxing Association (WBA) was formed in New Jersey as boxing’s first major sanctioning body. Since then, the WBA has been crowning champions in about 18 weight classes, a significant increase over the eight that were recognized between 1921-1958. Over the last four decades of the 20th century, however, boxing has seen the emergence of three new sanctioning bodies, starting with the establishment of the WBC in 1963. The last two were founded in the 1980s, the International Boxing Federation in 1983 and World Boxing Organization in 1988. In my opinion this …

¨Down at the best spot, it`s me and JD and they sellin’ more birds than a pet shop.¨ Those were the immortal words dropped by Ice Cube on the track ¨Alive On Arrival,¨ depicting how violence and the drug trade had raped the historical Black neighbourhood of Compton in South Central Los Angeles, California. The track which depicts a young Black man mistaken for a gang member who is shot and dies of his wounds at MLK Hospital is soon tempered and sobered with the dramatic rhetoric of the late Dr. Khalid Muhammad, who at the time was the National …

Recently I received an unexpected call from an elementary school friend who is just one day older than I am. The purpose of the call was to inform me of the sudden death and funeral  of a mutual friend. She said that this was the fifth funeral she was attending in five months, four via Zoom, and this last one was in person as she was a very good friend  of the deceased and his family. After expressing my sympathy, I was curious to know how she was doing. I got an earful of the aches and pains she was experiencing …