PinnedInto the Belly of the BeastIs there anything more pleasant than the heat, the sounds, and the smells of the summer? I was fortunate enough to enjoy sleep-away camp…Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
Guyana: Where Truth and Justice Go to Die (Part 2)The nature of the “law” is evidentiary. Several elements must be present for the law to function properly. Eventually, all these pieces…Dec 21, 2022Dec 21, 2022
Guyana: Where Truth and Justice Go to Die (Part 1)Many peoples within the global African diaspora can reflect on a difficult and painful period in our history. Beginning in the 1600s…Dec 19, 2022Dec 19, 2022
Back to Normal, and All that It ImpliesWhat is normalcy? Normalcy is defined as conformance with a standard, baseline, usual, typical, or expected conduct. But realistically…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
This is Exactly Who We AreA coup-attempt underway in the United States of America. Like corruption, racism, antisemitism, misogyny, et al., it has been conducted in…Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
The Two Virus’: Putting a Fine Point on a Blunt InstrumentChristmas is a really instructive time of the year for many things. Women observe their boyfriends and husbands to see if they’ve been…Dec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020
America Survived Trump but Will America Survive Trumpism?These past four years have been the darkest in my American experience. I know that I speak for many of my fellow citizens when I say that…Nov 28, 2020Nov 28, 2020
Sometimes You’ve Got to Call a Thing, a Thing…I learned an enduring lesson from an old professor many years ago. What he said to me, in Fall of 1981, has stayed with me to this very…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Why Do they Hate Us?We have two arms, two legs, ten fingers and ten toes. We share the same DNA, the same capacity for learning, teaching, good, evil…Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020
We have two arms, two legs, ten fingers and ten toes.In the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, as America sat reeling from the bloody nose that it received at the hands of the…Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020