Griffin Speaks

Greg's Weekly Column in the Montgomery-Tuskegee Times

Beginning with the July 5-11, 2001, edition of the Times, Greg will have a weekly column in one of the nation's most historic newspapers serving the black community.

As it is made clear from his very first column, Greg is certainly not hesitant to speak his mind!

 

Shopping on the  Westside    Walking For Longevity     Tribute to Jock Smith
 The Magic of Giving    Honor your Parents A Tribute to 
      Mayor Emory Folmar
"IT"       A Tribute to Barbara 
Williams, Fred Shuttlesworth
, and Amos Harris 		        Position Yourself
Nix Family Book Signing Surviving an Earthquake and Hurricane     Guarding The Tomb     The Secret To Long Life 
To Be, Or Not To Be  Dr. Natalyn Hawk            Put the Salt and 
          Saltshaker Down 		        The Golden Years
Happy Father's Day A Tribute to Jackie Harrell       Dominique Strauss-Kahn    Heaven's Gate Have Opened 
  for Thomas "Snook" Falls, Sr. 
Wellesley College Wins 
        The Coin Toss    		How To Find a Summer Job       Roscoe Dash and Rocko The Ivy League
Good night, Chet. 
        Good night, David 		    Martha's Vineyard Walking Faster
and Living Longer 		 I Got a Secret 
  Kendall Dunston  Can A Long Distance 
Relationship Survive? 		 My Connection to 
Superbowl XLV		 The Heart of The King
Reading Scores 
and Prison Beds		 Remarks of Jeh Johnson  The Mayan Calendar Staff SGT Salvatore Gunta, 
an American Hero
A Tribute to Tommie Miller  Merry Christmas 2010 Willis Burks II Dies at 75  Black Republicans Organize
The Beauty That Lasts My Cousin Cam Newton
"cam cam"		 Cast Down Your Buckets Where You Stand Condoleeza Rice Memoirs
The Big Three Bob Hope Dead at 100 The Honorable Rufus A. Lewis
1906-1999		 Savor the Experience
Vengeance is Mine Said the Lord   Romans 12:19 Montgomery Academy Thankful

Bishop Eddie Long                 "Not Guilty"

Gala of Galas Abraham Lincoln Eisenhower Young Gifted & Black
Write a Book Big Head Birthday Ring Around the Collar
Love is a Many Splendored Thing Alabama the Beautiful Ava Gardner Amos 'n' Andy Bill Pryor
Dreams Socrates Fool Diabetes Joneses
The First Day of School Dr. Alexander Crab Bucket Man Loves a Woman Our Michael 
Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Spike Obie Scott Dennis Sweet  
Blind Date The Afro Mirror Mirror Reverend Al Dixon
Trading Races Salute to Dr. Maryland James Brown The Black Church
The Best Deal In Town Election 2010 A Lesson in Humility Male Rape
A Very Proud Father Lena Horne Dead at 92 The Knock Out Rose Academy Awards
In Memory of Gilda Row Row Row Your Boat Office Politics A Tribute to Richard Jordan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates Morehouse 2010 Commencement Speaker T. William "Bill" McIntyre Traffic Stops Wisdom
The ACT Is Tiger Woods Gay?  Debt Relief Porky Pig II
My Cousin the Queen The Haiti Earthquake The Holiday Sophia Bracy Harris:  An American Hero
Buy Insurance  www.office depot.com The Blind Side The Wonderful World of Oz
Spring Break 2010 Empty Sleeves It's About Time Our Ancestors
Balaam's Donkey Drink Up The Incredible Sun The Greg and Deb Griffin Foundation
Forever Young Jeh Charles Johnson on the events surrounding 911 Griffin Properties Suffer Major Fire Teddy Pendergrass
Death of a Father Working Until You Drop Morehouse Bound The Last Days
Dr. Ralph J. Bryson Two Great Men Have Died  Historians Reveal that Abraham Lincoln was Half Black Spring Fever
To Die To Sleep Dr. Percy Lavon Julian St. Jude the Morehouse of Montgomery The Unity Breakfast Speech  
 Harriott II Lowes of Wetumpka Secrets

    Mom Always Liked You Best

  
Are You Ready? Monroe Street Tour I Loved Lucy President Obama's Top Choice  
Save Your Marriage  When Two Elephants Fight Abolish Racial Categorization Holiday Champagne Gala  
Mrs. Bob Riley for Governor Michelle Obama's New Clothes A Trip To Washington The Plum Book: Jobs   
Guardian Angels Rich and Stupid Appearance The Great Depression  
Death of Parents Jim Crow and Me An Idiot And A Fool Vitamins are Essential for the Aging Eye  
A Tribute To Claiborne Pell The Electoral College Twenty-Fifth Law School Reunion Howie Hodges: Buffalo Wings  
Nod Nod Wink Wink Tribute To Attorney J. L. Chestnut Can Barack Obama Really Win? Brain Attack  
Seize The Opportunity And Pull Up Your Pants Total Respect Tame Your Tongue God Works in Mysterious Ways  
The Truth About Shingles Bernie Mac Dead at Fifty State Health Officer White Student Becomes Morehouse College 2008 Valedictorian  
Get Rich Buying Stocks Be a Good Neighbor Celebrating the Fourth of July The Rule of 78  
Risk When "Big Ma Ma Dies" Turning Fifty My Thoughts on the Passing of Mrs. Johnnie Carr  
Break a Bad Habit The Obama Wright Controversy Fast and Pray Echol Nix MLK Day Speech
To Catch A Thief Youth is Wasted on the Young What's Done in the Dark  The Great Debaters  
Undercover Homosexual Fiftieth Birthday Celebration Tribute to Fred Frank Bell II Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Poverty  
Figure It Out Hoover Days In Memory of Mrs. Amy Lou Stallworth Lawrence Driving While Black  
The Pig's Price Merry Christmas Feel Good About Yourself Family Reunion  
Hoodia and Weight Loss Coping with the Holiday Blues Guess Who Won the Lottery Inaugural Speech of Morehouse President, Dr. Robert M. Franklin '75,  
Practical Dreamer Time to Forgive The Breakdown of the Black Family  In Memory of Reverend Ike  
A Tribute to Major Carrol S. Woods Right Before Your Eyes Become a Good Listener Terrance "The Watchdog" Dawson
To Tell The Truth A Tribute to Mrs. Essie Buskey Money, Money, Money Deadly Skin Cancer Found in Blacks  
Copper Theft A New York Vacation Smile The Death of a Mother
San Francisco Cemetery Ban Marcus Garvey Hugo Black and the KKK Control Your Tongue  
Life Is Short Bring The Boys Home Five Stages of Grief The American Dream
A Tribute to Benjamin Phillip McLaurin Rev. Beecher Hicks Hosting Thirty-Three African Kings A Wealthy Man

The Death of My Mother:
Alger J. Griffin
on April 30, 2007 		Tough Times Never Last Preventing Type II Diabetes Climbing Jacob's Ladder  
Drink Plenty of Water Letter From Death Row         Celebrating the Life of Attorney Charles  Douglas Langford Alabama Drunk Driving Law  
Senator Barack Obama Has "It" A Celebration of Life Your Right To Remain Silent Attorney General Troy King Wins by a Landslide  
Super Bowl XLI Montgomery Gets First African American Fire Chief Thomas, Means, Gillis, & Seay, P.C. and Medical Place Change
Facts About Money Urinary Incontinence The Voodoo Pot You Reap What You Sow  
Christmas Party Season An Exotic Pet Real Estate Value After a Murder or Suicide Ninety-Five Years Ago  
See No Evil Celebration of Life For Pauline Stephens Martin Control Your Anger Life Spans
Griffin Buys Back His Boyhood Home Preventing Type Two Diabetes Sears, Roebuck and Co. A Tribute To Mrs. Seay  
A Life Saving Message Guess Who's Coming To Dinner Unbelievable, Outrageous, and Shocking Good White Folks
The Truth About Israel Inside Your House Are We There Yet? Hang In There
The Fourth Of July Four More Years For Representative Alvin Holmes The Teenage Driver How Rich Are You?
Stop Fussing And Start Loving The Deadly Blindspot Spring Break The Death of a Matriarch
A Bonafide Genius Welcome Rev. Terry McCreary A Deadly Encounter With The Police You Can Find A Spouse
In Memory of Lewis Williams Wicked People Reflections On Black History Don't Miss Your Blessings
First Black Parole Board Member Dies It's Alright To Look Your Age Jeh Johnson's MLK Speech Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Sagging Pants It's All Good The Office Christmas Party Bird Flu 
Curiosity Killed The Cat Cockroaches Five Hundred Rental Houses Use of Deadly Force:  Mayor Bright Is Right
A Watershed  Experience A Tribute To A Legend  Calhoun Superfoods Don't Be Afraid To Die
Teenage Drivers Throw Out The Frying Pan  A Mattress Made In Heaven A Remarkable Weekend
Five Friends  A Great Big Mess In "Nawlins" Keep Hope Alive All Honest Work Is Honorable
Jim Littleton Retires Dividing Lines Live To Be One Hundred Bethany Christian Academy 
The Montgomery Public Library Luther Vandross Justice Harold D. Melton The Boogey Man Is Real
Hurricane Dennis Finding A Job My Hyundai Confession  Roots and Wings
Little Black Sambo Fernando Davilo  
A Rising Star		 All We Want Is Peace  A Rolls Royce For Debra
Think Like A Lawyer  Legal Eagle Johnnie Cochran dead at 67 Living Wills The Sleep Over
Breaking Bad Habits Back Down Memory Lane Chris Rock Juvenile Violence
Courthouse Shooting  A Tribute To Kathy Sawyer  The Extramarital Affair Bill Cosby Told the Truth:  Ouch!
 Candauce "Candy"      Dominique Warner      1958-2005 Happy New Year 2005 A Christmas Carol Fifty Years
God Is Not Asleep A Tribute to Mrs. Anna Mae Nix Chitterlings A Hurricane to Remember 
Ron Brown The Power to Accept Dexter Parsonage Museum Oxtails 
Two Exceptional Appointees The Twenty Year Promise Walking Humbly With God A Medical Miracle 
Inside Montgomery Alabama's Upper Class  Common Knowledge In Memory of Willie McQueen Hold On To Your Spouse 
The Rumor Mill  The Good Samaritan  The Word Nigger  The Talented Mr. Grimes
Death of A Fat Man Aging Well Battered Men Nelson Mandela To Visit Montgomery, Alabama
An Open Letter To Martha Stewart Honey's Kitchen The Long Long Goodbye The Passion of the Christ  
WalMart's Customer Service The Most Important Person in the World Dr. Abraham Davis The Lord is my Shepherd  
A Bridge Over Troubled Waters If Cigarettes Killed Them, They Will Kill You, Too If These Walls Could Talk The Lord is my Shepherd  
And The Walls Came Tumbling Down High Speed Police Chases The State's Top Cop   A Birth of a Nation  
The Nagging Spouse Thank You                                                                A Tribute To My Brother "Mann"
 Don't Slap the King  
Let Go And Let God 

Sex Education

 The Holiday Blues  My Connection to the Father of Blue Grass:  Bill Monroe  
Moms Mabley  My Connection to Sammy Davis, Jr. Ma Pampo Siegfried & Roy

A Tribute To Wynton "Red"
 Blount 		Put Down the fried chicken  White Hate Group Recruits in East Montgomery  A Raisin in The Sun  
Ophelia First Flight The Homeless A reason to be thankful  
Flying without wings Gay Marriage Single Black Female Imitation  
A trip to Niagra A Tribute to Kirk Hatcher My Advice to Dawson Talented tenth  
Slum Lords Aim High Twice as good Harvard University  
Good Credit Soul Food Go for it  
Jealousy The Cheating Husband Good Maynard Red Blount  
Three Beautiful Women Boy Scouts Caprice Biltmore House  
 Greg's First Column Christmas Alexis Faith  
Judges Fannie One Vote Morehouse Tragedy  
Sales Tax ASU Pearl Bailey Dr. Benjamin Mays  
Wiggler Death Be Bold Ebonics  
As a Man Thinketh Howard Thurman Wedding Diana Ross  
Marrying Man Hospital Angel Win Friends  
Millionaire The Holiday Suicide Black & Happy  
Morehouse Governor Troy King Kamu Senator Shelby  
It Made Me Want to Holler Seven Year Itch Daddy King ...After Midnight  
Thurbert Bad Things...Good People Drivers License Letter from Bill  
Consider the Jew Billionaire Next Door Selena Stewart Super Bowl XXII  
GOD She Was Hot... The Grapevine A Perfect Score  
Not What You Know... No Gift to Give Dear Joni The Flu  
         

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