VALORIE BURTON: Resist the temptation to compare
Do you sometimes compare yourself, your accomplishments, or your possessions to others? It can be tempting and often destructive.

Sudan escapes condemnation for human rights abuses
Despite a leaked report that Sudanese government troops and allied militias have unleashed “a reign of terror” in Darfur, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has overwhelmingly adopted a mildly worded resolution on human rights abuses.

25 million Africans set to pray for continent
Christians from every part of Africa will tear down their dividing ethnic and denominational walls, and join together in prayer in more than 1,100 stadiums this Sunday, May 2, for Transformation Africa.

Bush Failure to Appoint More Black Judges is a ‘Travesty’
Overall, 200 Bush appointees have been confirmed to the federal bench; only 15 or 7.5 percent of them are African-Americans. And seven of the 15 were replacing other Blacks leaving the bench. When Congress recessed Tuesday, there were 26 nominations pending, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee, none of them African-Americans.