I’m Not the Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things
I'm Not the Reason We Can't Have Nice Things Back in the 60’s, I was raised in what was considered a traditional American home. I had two parents who loved each other very much. Aside from the size of our brood, we pretty much looked like every other family we knew. I...
Jesus is Not On Trial
Jesus is Not On Trial Aside from pointing and laughing on social media, I’ve remained largely silent on the subject of Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk who has turned herself into a media whore celebrity by discriminating against same-sex marriage and going...
Bigotry At Half-Staff
Bigotry At Half-Staff It’s been 4 days since 9 Americans were murdered in a South Carolina AME church, but not just any church. Those Americans were murdered in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and that church carries strong historical...
The Fight of the Century
The Fight of the Century You're probably wondering why a topic like this is appearing here. The "fight of the century" is a tagline that is usually connected to boxing, martial arts, or even politics. It would be fitting time-wise for an article about the Floyd...
Current News – Alleged Allegations
Current News - Alleged Allegations I saw a brief segment (current news) on CNN last evening and I'm now wondering if the news about Bill Cosby is true. I had heard a report a week ago about a woman who had made a statement about abuse occurring many years ago, but to...
Doctor, I Think I Have Tennis Ebola
Doctor, I Think I Have Tennis Ebola Okay, I’ve resorted to dark humor to get your attention. It’s time for me to sit you down and have the ‘Ebola Talk’. Now that a man lied on travel papers to get into the United States after having been exposed to the virus, the...
From Mississippi Burning to Missouri Burning
From Mississippi Burning to Missouri Burning Author’s note: This story is breaking from minute to minute. What I started out to write is turning into something completely different. I apologize if this seems somewhat rambling. It was just four short months ago that...
The Opinionated Bitch – The Swiftboating of An American Prisoner of War
The Swiftboating of An American Prisoner of War In 2004, Secretary of State John Kerry was a candidate for President of the United States. A group calling themselves Swift Vets and POWs for Truth waged a now discredited vicious campaign against then candidate Kerry to...
Waiting for Life to Begin. Again.
Waiting for Life to Begin. Again. Once I was 14, and I thought the world was over right when it was supposed to begin. I had held out for three years, waiting for help that never came. And then I gave up. I started sleeping with the light on. I stopped sleeping. I...
