As we are daily bombarded by the latest Trump manufactured crisis du jour, it becomes increasingly difficult to remember next Tuesday’s election is a referendum, not on any single issue, but on the 2016 presidential election and the first two years of the Trump administration. It is for that reason I chose the title for … Read more
In 2014, comedian Lianna Carrera wrote, “Comedy is the voice of an undercurrent asking us to do better.” This concept was never more tested than in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. People like George Carlin and Lewis Black, who I consider modern versions of Will Rogers, used humor, not to minimize the solemnity of … Read more
The late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., hoped he would “one day live in a nation where (his children) will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character.” How people treat the dead says a lot about who they are. Consider the following two examples. In each case, … Read more
I know I have used this before, but it best describes two news stories which intersected this week. During the height of the police shootings of unarmed African-Americans, Daily Show host Trevor Noah reminded us, “You can be both pro-police and pro-Black Lives Matter.” Life is not black and white. A second look at two disparate … Read more
Well, Melania, what do you have to say about Jamal Myles? At the beginning of the school year, nine-year old Jamal told his mother he was gay and was going to tell his schoolmates because he was proud of who he was. Less than a week later, Jamal took his own life. In an interview … Read more