May 20, 2021A Message For GraduatesThis graduation season is being celebrated by many who have struggled to reach it. Boredom, distraction, lack of focus, uncertainty, depression, infection, disconnection, upheaval, lack of resources and unemployment are just a few of the many challenges we’ve faced. There is cause for celebration for all of us who are…Graduation5 min read
Dec 24, 2020America, Loving You Is ComplicatedThe idea of your founding is what really has my heart On paper at least, it was a revolutionary start but while you were claiming all men are born equal that part of the story got cut till the sequel You see, I’m a black man who loves the idea…African American4 min read
Dec 11, 2020Dear DonaldDear Donald, You sir, are playing with fire. Someone is bound to get burned. Many of your followers are being radicalized. Anytime you combine spiritual fervor, nationalism and a perceived wrong committed by the state, you have the makings of an uprising where people are willing to die for the…Donald Trump6 min read
Nov 4, 2020Dear America, I’m At PeaceDear America, It is Wednesday morning, November 4, 2020 as I begin this essay. I do not know who won the election or if a winner has been determined. I have not looked at any news since early evening yesterday. This not knowing provides me a sort of peace. Not…2020 Us Election4 min read
Nov 3, 2020Dear America: November 2, 2020Regardless of who wins the election, we the people have work to do. No president has the power to unify this country. It is up to people like you and me understanding that we truly are in this together. We as a country benefit when we make choices from a…American History5 min read
Nov 2, 2020Dear America IVWe all want better safety, peace, prosperity and health and to live our best lives no matter what our wealth. Do we want to be that city on a hill, where all of us truly matter or a sad, collapsed empire where the fat cats just get fatter? Will we…America2 min read
Nov 2, 2020Dear America IIIIrreconcilable differences! Are we headed for divorce? This path will surely cost us, both money and lives of course. We’re not a perfect union, but we’re still worth fighting for, We can save ourselves now or keep spouting words of war. He said, she said — Share! Comment and share…America2 min read
Nov 2, 2020Dear America IIGun sales are at an all time high, can’t find no ammunition Are people prepping for a war? Ammendment 2 is on a mission. Droplets, masks, and distancing, supplies of sanitizer, 6 feet ain’t far enough away, Go 10, 15, be wiser. Essential workers, end up being infections waiting to…America2 min read
Nov 2, 2020Dear America II had another nightmare and this one was the worst fighters in the streets enter a big old fashioned hearse which grew and grew like dream things do until it touched the sky and stacked inside were rows and rows of folks like you and I Americans, who up till…America2 min read