by Carol Baker | *The Opinionated Bitch ~ Carol Baker, Columnist, Government & Politics, Healing from Grief, Justice & Help, Miscellaneous, Op-Ed, People, Social Equalities
After spending nearly six decades as a single woman in America, last year I became a mother when I adopted my son. He is my sister’s grandson. Sweet kid and a victim of circumstances beyond his control. For a kid who got dealt such a shitty hand in life, he is...
by Carol Baker | *The Opinionated Bitch ~ Carol Baker, Columnist, Government & Politics, Op-Ed, Social Equalities
Donald J. Trump, take a look around. Take a long look at the people dressed in the khaki pants, the white golf shirts and the red ‘Make America Great Again’ made in China hats. It’s the Official Uniform™ of the American Neo-Nazi Movement©. No, wait – that’s you on...
by Carol Baker | *The Opinionated Bitch ~ Carol Baker, Columnist, Justice & Help, Social Equalities
On Celebrating American Ignorance Waiting out the noise of the Trayvon Martin trial verdict seemed prudent in an effort to avoid being emotional. In retrospect, good choice because so much of what I had initially assumed turned out to be dead wrong. I frequently make...
by Colin Lively | Art & Entertainment, City Life, People, Radio, Social Equalities, Visual Art, Written Word
Saving The Slave! The once famed civil rights epicenter is up for auction, and Sarah Wolff, with her 501 (c) 3, New Brooklyn Theatre, are trying to save it. The Slave Theater became a Brooklyn civil rights landmark in the early 1980s, when community activists like Al...
by Colin Lively | Art & Entertainment, Creativity, Films & TV, Gay-Lesbian (LGBT), Humor, Music, Oral Storytelling, People, Poetry, Relationships, Written Word
The coming and going and going and coming, and always too soon, at the SHEEPSHEAD BAY BOULEVARD mansion of Nora Redmond is racing to a toe curling climax. Complete with the totally insane Nora herself, her swishy companion, Max, who tingles at the sound of each GRINDR...
