“Fatherhood will cramp my style. Likely, I will have to change my Facebook relationship status to ‘it’s complicated.’ That will certainly make me less attractive to the cheerleaders. I will never sleep eight hours again, so I’ll just have to drop out of school. My friends will replace my Modern Warfare 3 character with someone who doesn’t have to keep stopping, mid-attack, to change a soiled diaper. Before you know it, I will have to turn to criminality to make any sort of beneficial income for my child.” If we allow teen fathers the royalty of such conviction without proper custody, then …

Imagine a harmony that could be better described than just the climax of a Boyz II Men song. Imagine if the word peace didn’t have to share its pronunciation with a deadly weapon, holstered in the waistband of the malevolent. Imagine if acceptance was about common interests and not common color. Imagine if the world hadn’t been exposed to the illogical murder of a young African-American boy at the hands of a bigot. Perhaps then, we would still impulsively believe we are closer to equality than we really are. Oh, the amenity of deception is always much more bearable than certainty. On February…

Within the 31 years of my existence, there's 20 years or so I have full comprehension of. And of the many things I've learned from others, or the trial and errors of my own explorations through those years, there's three consistent topics I've realized are taboo in casual conversations. Religion, politics, and whether Revolver or Abbey Road is the better Beatles album. Last week, former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron, decided to come out of the closet to speak out against those who come out of the closet. Only difference is, Cameron's closet is also known as irrelevancy. On CNN's Piers …

When you think of the name Big Ang, there’s a Perry Como soundtrack playing lightly in the background of your mind’s canvas.If you think of the name Big Ang, you think of a stuffy Macanudo’s, choking from the smoke during a Sunday dinner. You think of roast pork with broccoli rabe. You think of men’s men holding court outside of a social club on 6th and Catherine, on a pungent July afternoon in the raspy lungs of South Philly.But, leave it to reality TV to remind you that they paint the pictures.On VH1’s Mob Wives, Big Ang is a less than elegant woman, with a voice as rugged as Adam Levine’s …

If love builds the voice, then pain weathers it. Many artists understand soul music, yet few really get it. Hall & Oates get it, man. As one, their success is a juggernaut. But individually, the less obvious charm of their talent is stripped down without lack of appeal or delight. Oh, the treat… Before game five of the 2008 World Series, Daryl Hall was scheduled to serenade the home crowd with his rendition of the National Anthem. But as Phillies public address announcer Dan Baker delivered his typical thunderous introduction, it became evident, something wasn’t right. There on the diamond …

While waiting to exhale the remnants of grief over the loss of one songstress, we captured the fresh air of a new one. The tone of Sunday night’s Grammy Awards was understandably somber. Saturday night, the day before the most prestigious award ceremony in music was set to take place, music lost another voice. A night meant for celebration was quickly altered by the contemplation of a legend lost. Whitney Houston meant so much to music that her impact could be felt on the stage and in the seats of the Staples Center. It was heard in Jennifer Hudson’s bellowing homage. Even Rihanna’s hair had …