About Michael Skolnik

I remember my very first girlfriend.  Her name was Sierra.  I was five and she was four.  We both lived on the beach, in tents.  I wasn’t on vacation nor was she.  We actually lived in tents.  My parents decided to take a year off from their hectic lives and we somehow ended up living […]

Sia.  We Are Born.  Clap Your Hands.  These are names you are going to hear all summer long, cause this is one of the best albums of the year.  When I first heard Sia’s voice five or six years ago, I fell in love.  I was driving in a car with a good friend of […]

As many of you know, Russell Simmons and GlobalGrind have been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to try to make sure that a piece of legislation that is part of the Wall Street reform does not have unintended consequences that will have a drastic affect on the poor.  The Durbin Amendment was passed […]

I remember as a UCLA freshman walking into Pauley Pavillion for the first time and looking across the court from the student section and seeing this little old man sitting against the railing next to his wife with his UCLA blue sweater on…it was John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood.  For four years while I […]

After questions were raised about the legal status of Dora The Explorer, and a facebook page was made in support of not deporting the backpacking superstar, we wonder if Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant is the next one to be investigated…. We’re just kidding, but want to give our respects to Vanessa for her stance […]

After questions were raised about the legal status of Dora The Explorer, and a facebook page was made in support of not deporting the backpacking superstar, we wonder if Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant is the next one to be investigated…. We’re just kidding, but want to give our respects to Vanessa for her stance […]

As Shephard Fairey’s May Day art opening got crazier and crazier, b-boys rapping outside, the black motorcycle gang revving their engines in unison, celebrities pushing their way through the 5000 people standing outside, someone turned to me and was like ‘Yo! Banksy is walking among us.  I think he’s here…I think I know who he […]

As Shephard Fairey’s May Day art opening got crazier and crazier, b-boys rapping outside, the black motorcycle gang revving their engines in unison, celebrities pushing their way through the 5000 people standing outside, someone turned to me and was like ‘Yo! Banksy is walking among us.  I think he’s here…I think I know who he […]

I woke up this morning with a heavy heart as I learned of the passing of the President of Poland.   As I read through the morning headlines about the tragic plane crash, I didn’t notice the numerous emails and tweets that I had received overnight.  Finally, after a small prayer for the people of Poland, […]

I woke up this morning with a heavy heart as I learned of the passing of the President of Poland.   As I read through the morning headlines about the tragic plane crash, I didn’t notice the numerous emails and tweets that I had received overnight.  Finally, after a small prayer for the people of Poland, […]

I AM A PEACEKEEPER. This was the rallying cry heard throughout the neighborhoods of Hollis and Jamaica, Queens today as hundreds of people rockin’ bright orange jackets took the streets to kick off the amazing new anti-violence campaign, PEACEKEEPERS. The Peacekeeper initiative deters crime and violence by introducing a strong presence of community men into […]

It has been seven years since the invasion of Iraq.  It is hard to believe that this war has gone on for this long, and it stll seems like there is no end in sight.  I was having a meeting with a colleague yesterday and we spoke of the war, and how it has impacted […]