"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
A Minister's Public Lesson on Domestic Violence
"Her struggle struck a chord in many black communities, where marriage rates are notoriously low, and it seemed to culminate in the form of an earthly reward: a televised, million-dollar 2003 wedding to a fellow Pentecostal preacher, Bishop Thomas W. Weeks III, followed by what seemed to be a model marriage. Since the attack, Ms. Bynum, 48, has tried to reinvent herself once more, announcing that she is 'the new face of domestic violence.' But Tom Joyner, the syndicated radio talk show host, did not let her off the hook so easily: 'If you?re a prophet,' Mr. Joyner asked, 'didn't you see this coming?'" (Free Reg. Req.)
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