One night, about a year after our divorce, I phoned my ex-husband to tell him about my bad day. He asked if I had any sangria, my favorite drink; I did not. Within an hour, a delivery person showed up at my door with sangria — ordered by my ex. I called him, thanked him, and posted…
It was prose and poetry and rhythm and jazz and pop and blues all night yesterday on the first day of the Democratic National Convention week. I sat on the edge of my chair as speaker after speaker came out to pay tribute to the grand Ol’ man of Delaware as he took a bow….
The Democratic National Convention begins tonight in the great city of Chicago. 56 years ago, the Democratic Convention held in the same city in 1968 against the backdrop of the Vietnam war as American boys and girls were being sent abroad to give their lives for a cause that the nation could not define. Martin…
In case you missed it during the last week or two, Nigeria has been in the news for three major things. The hunger protest came to a quiet end on August 10th. It is reported that over 20 people were killed and over 1,000 people arrested. We at egogonews humbly ask that these prisoners of…
15-year old Heman Bekele of Fairfax, Virginia has been chosen as Time’s kid of the Year. He invented a bar of soap that can help cure skin cancer and save lives. Heman who was born in Ethiopia has been quite curious since he was a child. Fortunately, his parents moved to the United States, and…
Hear this. James Carville is married to Mary Matalin. James is a Democratic strategist. Mary is a Republican strategist. They go on television. They do their job. One bashes the Democrats. The other badgers the Republicans. They come back home, he does the trash. She cooks. They both clean up. They sleep in the same…
In the summer of 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa. He had always had vaulting ambitions to expand Germany Eastwards to gain living space for his self declared “superior” race—the Germans. What was he thinking? Any soldier with a modicum of training in military school will tell you that was a mistake. It marked the beginning…
That’s right. Doctors and other healthcare professionals earn premium pay in the United States. The reason is because you can be sure to also get the best treatment available anywhere in the world. The last figures available had estimates of over $240 Billion for medical research in 2020 alone. Many families struggle with the cost…
HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company — as well as the rights to use…
It has worked in the past. It may work again. In 1968, as Vietnam was about to be settled by the Lyndon Johnson Administration, Nixon’s people approached the Vietnamese urging them not to accept a ceasefire deal but to wait for a better deal under his administration. They fell for it. Nixon won and Vietnam…
