A week ago today, my grandmother, Helene Bedrick (Chaya Baila bas Kiva Feivel), left this world for Olam Ha'Ba...


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Just an observation related to the entry I posted about Nick Cannon's video, "Can I Live?" The New York Times article on the video was titled "An Unborn Fetus With a Message for Mom" -- whaaa? "Unborn fetus"??? As opposed to a *born* fetus? Wouldn't that be a "baby" or a "child"? I can understand the phrase "unborn child" because that makes sense, ( Read more... )

An excerpt from K-Lo's article on Nick Cannon's new video:[Nick] Cannon's new music video "Can I Live?" tells a tale that's very different from a gangsta's paradise of dirty dancing and booty calls that's so familiar rap chic. In the song, the hip-hop pop star tells his life story - or at least the beginning of it and his mom's close call with ( Read more... )