Four years ago, I gave up a broadcast journalism career in Washington, DC, to move to Ohio to go to law school.  Now that I’m graduating, I’ve compiled a list of seven lessons from my law school experience for others considering embarking on this path. The list is aimed at fellow… Read full post »

Her cell phone rang soon after we were seated at the small Italian restaurant in one of those “trendy” parts of town. She pushed the strands of her long dark hair behind her ear and lifted the phone to her cheek. 

“Hello?”

We’d met at a professional conference sev… Read full post »

It’s time for me to eat my words. The words I posted a couple of years ago on this blog about Apple computers, that is. Back in 2010, I said that while I liked my iMac, I would never buy a MacBook. 

Well, now I’m sporting a new 11-inch MacBook Air. Just got it… Read full post »

I must have looked pathetic. A grown man crying on a bench outside of a train station late at night. And all because of a date that had ended badly. How lame.

I say “date” because we hadn’t been seeing each other long enough to call it a “relationship.” What… Read full post »

There’s a little-known, unofficial holiday on the calendar this month. It’s called “Loving Day,” and celebrations are set to take place over the next two weekends in a number of U.S. cities.

If you’re not familiar with Loving Day, it’s probably not what you think.… Read full post »

Another twist on living the single life...

Top 10 Signs You Might Be a Metrosexual 

10.  You can French braid a woman’s hair faster than you can change a flat tire. 

9.  In the last five years, you’ve had more manicures than sexual encounters.  

8.  You&rsquo… Read full post »

Let's see, the New York Times is running a series on multiracial Americans, NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin is celebrating literary works with a biracial theme in its summer reading series, and - oh, yeah - the U.S. has a president who is the son of a white woman from… Read full post »

A funny thing happened on the way to the publishing house.

It was about 10 years ago that I decided to write a nonfiction book on the biracial experience in America. As any author will tell you, landing a book contract is a task fraught with rejection. One of… Read full post »

It’s a question confirmed bachelors face all the time: “So how come you’re not married?” With me, there's usually a follow-up: “Well, why don’t you have a girlfriend?”

They are questions I honestly don’t understand.

It’s like asking me, “W… Read full post »

It’s not an official holiday, but for some of us it might as well be.

“Loving Day,” which is now celebrated each June, honors Richard and Mildred Loving, the Virginia couple who became the subjects of the historic U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing interracial marriages… Read full post »

I am a walking dating disaster. Seriously. Here are my stats:

I’m over 40. Never been married. Never had a serious relationship. Never even went to my high school prom. I was well into my twenties the first time a woman ever spent the night with me. Now, I go… Read full post »

By Elliott Lewis

More than half of the items on this list apply to me; the others I just made up. I'll leave you to guess which is which.   

You might be a confirmed bachelor if…

1. Your dream house does not include a family room. 

2. You would rather… Read full post »

One of the cool things about becoming an author is that you end up meeting other authors who’ve written similarly themed books. You cross paths at book festivals, academic conferences and other events, and you find yourself becoming a member of a literary community that you never knew existed.&… Read full post »

On behalf of law students in need of comic relief, I present the following Top Ten List... 

Top Ten First-Year Law Student Pick-Up Lines:

10.  “Wanna handle my contingent remainder?”

9. “Hey, check out my briefs.”

8. “How’d you like to come back to my p… Read full post »

You may have seen the headlines recently trumpeting the results of the Census Bureau’s latest population report, declaring multiracial Americans the fastest-growing demographic group in the United States. The federal government’s latest population estimate places the number of mult… Read full post »

Now before you get too excited - cause it ain't THAT kind of holiday - here’s what Loving Day is really all about:

Loving Day - and it's coming up this Friday, June 12th -  is in recognition of the 1967 U.S  Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage nationwide./… Read full post »

It was all going so well.  She was smiling at all the right moments.  She was laughing at all of my jokes.  She had leaned in closer to me each time I put my arm around her to whisper in her ear.  There was no mistaking my interest in her, and… Read full post »