By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Most people know the tragic state of black education today. We know that billions of dollars are spent on federal government programs such as No Child Left Behind and the billions spent by state and local governments.

By Walter Williams Most people know the tragic state of black education today. We know that billions of dollars are spent on federal government programs such as No Child Left Behind and the billions spent by state and local governments.

By Pamela Dillon Contributing Writer Like an airline pilot making a wide turn on his final approach for landing, the last in the series of Aviation Century books by photographer Dan Patterson and writer Ron Dick makes a loop back to Volume I by featuring aviation pioneers the Wright brothers.

By L.L. Brasier, Detroit Free Press Apr. 13--When Winston, a yellow Labrador retriever with a sunny disposition, grew lethargic and thin during the summer of 2001, his owners, the Dunbar family of Beverly Hills, took him to veterinarians, who were at a loss.