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  • Hidden Figures and Bathroom Breaks: The Co-Operation Imperative (for MLK Day)

    Tomorrow is the official celebration of Martin Luther King Day and my wife, daughter, and I went to see “Hidden Figures”, the movie that details the story of 3 women…


  • Fantasy Politics 

    You know how people play Fantasy Football? In my fantasy life, I think to myself, ” I could do better than Donald Trump “. As the cabinet gets picked, I…


  • “He Came Back A Different Person”

    Watching the video of the shooter at the Ft. Lauderdale airport yesterday, Reuters said, he served in the Iraq War for 1 year. They quoted his mother as saying, “He…


  • Back to Basics: Income Equality and Health Care

    Before we were so rudely interrupted by evil in national, and in some cases, state politics, before Black people got shot daily, there were calls for income equality. Some people…


  • Lack of Sandals

    I’ve been thinking about my Mom lately. One of the things she used to say to try and keep people humble was “I can tell you’re not God because there…


  • Think! Have A Conscience! Do Something! 

    Last night, I received an email from boldprogressives.com that said,  “Yesterday, 10 Electors demanded an intelligence briefing on Russian meddling in the Election. Now, that number has climbed to 40.…


  • Nina Simone and How Far We’ve Come

    Someone posted in the Facebook group “Black Lives Matter To Us” that there was an old video of Nina Simone on “Sesame Street”, singing “Young, Gifted, and Black”. I remember…


  • Blessed…

    A Facebook friend this morning was talking about the atmosphere over the holidays between friends, family and themselves post-election. She explained that it had gotten nasty and that people around…


  • Joy For Thanksgiving !!!!!!!!!

    It was the perfect storm of what I needed this morning. While I was waking up, my wife screamed “South Dakota has a float!”. It was as though normal had returned…


  • Impeach Rick Snyder (Governor of Michigan)!!!!!!!!

    OK, one of the reasons I’m on a “food justice” kick, to be honest, is that I’m sick of the political bantering, hatred, and fighting over politics. Like many a…


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