ESSAY: Achieving the Dream

ESSAY: Achieving the Dream

By John L. Horton The most dangerous person in the world is a person who is sincerely ignorant and conscientiously stupid. You have a moral obligation to be intelligent. — Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.   If Dr. King were alive, he would have been 93 years old on...
ESSAY: A Christmas Meditation

ESSAY: A Christmas Meditation

  By Tom Robotham So this is Christmas, and what have you done? – John Lennon When I was a kid, the Christmas season was the most exciting time of the year. Ushering it in, shortly after Thanksgiving, was the arrival of the Sears Christmas catalogue—or “Wish...
BREAKING: NRHA Settles St. Paul’s Lawsuit

BREAKING: NRHA Settles St. Paul’s Lawsuit

(A copy of the agreement) BY JIM MORRISON, Correspondent  The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the city have settled a lawsuit brought by residents of three public housing projects in the St. Paul’s area near downtown who said demolishing their...
757 Rugby Academy Inspires Youths

757 Rugby Academy Inspires Youths

(Francois du Cluzel instills encouraging value of rugby into young player. Photo by Stephanie Davenport.)  By Jim Roberts The 757 has turned into an incubator for world-class athletes, producing famous personalities in football, basketball, baseball, boxing and a...