Something To Think About
The understanding of art depends finally upon one’s willingness to extend one’s humanity and one’s knowledge of human life. — Ralph Ellison This article is not one I had planned to write, but I think the music I have playing in the background sets the mood. Music from my teen years. The Ronnettes, Temptations, Marven … Read more
Toward the end of my granddaughter’s summer visit, she asked if I would take her to the local library. Her request surprised me as she came with a backpack full of books. We went to Barnes and Noble, where I bought her several more, one of which I will discuss later. Her ask took me … Read more
Congresswoman Boebert loves being in the news. She is what we call an attention addict. She craves being in front of a camera and needs that like a Herion addict needs that next fix to get through their horrible day. This attention freak will do whatever is required to have her face plastered in the … Read more
The freedmen were not really free in 1865, nor are most of their descendants really free in 1965. Slavery was but one aspect of a race and color problem that is still far from solution here, or anywhere. In America, particularly, the grapes of wrath have not yet yielded their bitter vintage. — The Oxford History of the American People [1965], ch.1
Atheism denies a supreme being exists, whereas agnosticism is playing it safe by neither denying nor fully acknowledging the existence of God.
If you are a parent and live in a state with a book ban and support it, you are a horrible parent. You should be reported to child services for child endangerment and mental abuse. If you are not a parent and live in a state with a book band and support it, you should … Read more
May you live in interesting times, often cited and attributed to the Chinese. Well, it is an interesting aphorism but not of Chinese origin. In fact, it’s something Neville Chamberlin’s father, Joseph, said in a speech he gave in 1898, “I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times. I never … Read more
I have never seemed to connect with poetry as a form of writing. In conversations with people, they often told me of a poem that impacted their life and how it conveyed significant meaning or comforted them after experiencing a critical emotional event. I tried to embrace the feelings people relayed. I made sporadic attempts … Read more
“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly father.” – Matt 18:10 Why do I care? Care about what? You ask. I answer, Uvalde. Who am I talking to? I realize myself. Why am … Read more
As I stand here and look upon the thousands of Negro faces, and the thousands of white faces, intermingled like the waters of a river, I see only one face, the face of the future.