It is football time again, the favorite time of the year for many people. As you watch players on the college football fields this fall, please remember that these gladiators are being exploited. They generate billions of dollars for colleges and the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), and everyone involved is paid except them. Yes, … [Read more…]
I was reminded this morning that today, August 28, is the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. I participated in that event, and for at least the last 40 years, I have lamented the addition of the “I Have a Dream” part of Martin Luther King’s speech. King had ended several speeches before August … [Read more…]
Concerned about the President’s behavior? Rather than remind you of the diagnosis of 27 mental health experts—that Trump is a malignant narcissist—I will quote “Harry P,” commenting on Charles Pierce, who wrote, “This [isn’t] funny any more. There is no bottom. None at all.” Harry P: “Greenland, it seems, was discussed by numerous people in … [Read more…]
Two young African American females—Simone Manuel and Simone Biles–are making history in the world of sports. Simone Manuel leads African American swimmers in continuing the assault on stereotypes about African Americans and swimming. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals: gold in the 100-meter freestyle, her signature event, and the … [Read more…]
This year, 2019, is the 400th anniversary of blacks being brought to Jamestown. Of course, they were not the first Africans to arrive in what is now the United States. There were others, including Estevanico (1500-1539), known variously as Estaban de Dorantes and Esteban the Moor. He was an African slave known as the first … [Read more…]
I did not watch either of the four debates between the multitude of candidates for the Democratic nomination for President. That may seem like a strange activity for a person who follows politics and policy issues fairly closely. I have a problem with these debates—aside from the fact they were occurring a year and a … [Read more…]
With the increasing numbeer of mass shootings in the country we must be more aggressive in righting the wrongs of the NRA and its supporters. I repeat below an article, with updates, I did in the spring of 2018: How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment “A fraud on the American public.” That is how … [Read more…]