by admin | Nov 5, 2018 | Culture
As you probably know, I have a dysfunctional family. My brothers and I haven’t talked since 1982, I haven’t seen my nieces and nephews since they were little boys and girls. My parents are both dead, and I only have a couple aunts and uncles left in this...
by admin | May 21, 2018 | Culture
I am a Boomer. I used to be proud to be part of this generation. I mean, we are the majority of the country, or at least we were until those upstart Millennials came along. We were the generation that marched against an unjust war, fought for racial equality, embraced...
by admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Culture
It appears that white men are in a ruckus these days. Just look at the nonsense that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend as a bunch of white guys carrying Walmart tiki torches chanted, “White lives matter.” Now, I am the first to admit...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Culture
It’s time for Mardi Gras. I admit that I have never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, largely because I have faithfully lived by the mantra, “Don’t go anyplace where people are crazier than you.” Though I haven’t been to the Big Easy...
by admin | Oct 17, 2016 | Culture
The current election cycle, hell, the state of America at large for that matter, is all our fault. Why? Because we have forgotten a fundamental truth about what drives us. No, this is not about economic wealth or the lack thereof. It’s not a racial divide or...
by admin | Jun 13, 2016 | Culture
The soulless armchair quarterbacks are at it again. At a time when we should be opening our hearts and questioning who we are becoming as a society, the meme merchants and soulless pundits are on the ball, seeking to drive even more wedges into our fractured society....
by admin | Apr 25, 2016 | Culture, Life Lessons
I live a pretty fabulous life. We all do, really. We get to wake up every morning (God willing) and roam about this fabulous little blue ball in the cosmos. Best of all, unlike a lot of things on this planet, even other living things, we actually know we are alive....
by admin | Dec 7, 2015 | Culture
We live in extraordinary times. We are living longer, we have amazing technologies at our fingertips, 98% of those in poverty have a roof over their head, heat and refrigeration, most have cars and cell phones, and yet we have all become a bunch of sad, pathetic...
by admin | Sep 7, 2015 | Culture
I was enjoying a sunny day at University Village this past weekend. I hadn’t been there in a long time, and it’s something Kat and I like to do spur of the moment – go someplace new. It was a grand time, and an interesting one, too. The place was...
by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | Culture
I grew up in a very racist family. For all I know, some of them still are that way. I never really understood it, even when I was young, largely because there weren’t any people of color in my neighborhood and few families of color lived in my school district...
