People Will Talk
A person does not have to be religious in order to appreciate truths contained in the Bible, especially those which might be seen as universal in nature. One can argue whether …
Another Country
I was 14 in 1961 when my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, from the United States for a one-year Fulbright appointment that my dad received. He was offered a position to …
2024
The famous novel 1984, written by George Orwell, was first published in 1948. The book presents his dystopian vision of the future. The story follows the life of Winston Smith, a …
Choose Ye This Day, The Issue Of Allegiance
On a fairly regular basis, on the calendar of the US Federal Government, many individuals who are welcomed into American society are given the privilege to raise their right hand and …
Is The ‘N’ Word A Progressive Or Regressive Sign For Afro-American Identity?
It is amazing how things of shame are sometimes transformed into emblems of hope and pride. The cross in the Christian religion is a case in point. The Roman crucifixion of …
Sometimes You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover
For over two and a half centuries while African-Americans were in the bonds of slavery, the white establishment subjected them to a Christian worldview that was justified by heavily redacted biblical …
Let Us Talk About Old John Brown In Light Of American Politics Today
From reading American history Mr. John Brown appears to have been the only white person who thought that the fight to free the Black man from the tyranny of white institutional …
Ah, Just Words, Nothing To Worry About; Really?
The saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” has been uttered by children for generations. Parents and grade school teachers, in an attempt to …
A, B, Cs Are Not Simple Anymore
What is currently taking place in America and, indeed, the world strikes at the basic tenets of the education of our children. Unproven conspiracy theories have cast a disfiguring blight upon …
Law And Justice – Do Not Confuse Them
As a young man — wide-eyed and full of enthusiasm — this writer was enamoured by the legal profession. After watching such television programmes as Perry Mason, Crown Court, and Petrocelli — …
Let’s Say They Had Succeeded, What Would Have Happened Then?
“Proud Boys,” “Oath Keepers,” “QAnon,” “3 percent,” “Boogaloo,” and “NSC-131” are some of the white racist extremist groups which were responsible for the attempted coup d’etat in Washington, DC on January …