‘What’s past is prologue’
“What’s past is prologue,” a line from Shakespeare’s play, “The Tempest,” is often quoted and has become quite commonplace. The phrase offers both an opportunity …
What is the 4th of July to me?
This is another fourth that I will not hang out any US flags or bunting to celebrate the USA’s declaration of freedom from the tyranny …
Juneteenth embraces unity
Say what you want about Juneteenth, either it is just so much ado about getting news after-the-fact, or another opportunity to raise national – no, …
You get a pardon!
You get a pardon! You get a pardon! And you get a pardon! Granting presidential pardons is the absolute right of all US presidents, to …
Trump’s mission will not be accomplished
April 30 marks the end of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, but there is no call for celebration. Just the opposite. …
The importance of a common cause
I am reading another chapter of American history: "Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War," by Edda Fields-Black. …
Our national disruption requires a response by Black people
STOCK PHOTO We are in the audience of the most disturbing blood and gore horror movie ever made. First up has been the imprecise rough …
Jazz, an approved form of chaos
“…. and all that jazz….” I took some time off from the new administration’s breakneck speed of dismantling the nation’s institutions. It was a welcome …
Am I suffering from Trump derangement syndrome?
Not at all. I just C.A.N.T. (cannot actually normalize this/them/that)! Once history books are written from a Black perspective, they will reveal how the country …
This moment is not to be normalized
Welcome to 2025, a New Year; one which has such rich promise. One of these promises is unanticipated opportunities for more trappings of success. More …