Dave Chappelle Broke the Mirror
I was recently asked; what do you think about the Dave Chappelle controversy? Without explanation, I knew the questioner was referring to his recent Netflix comedy special “The Closer.” I must first...
View ArticleWolves in the Democratic Henhouse
In nineteen seventy-four, I reached three milestones in my life. In March of that year, I turned eighteen; ten days later, I registered with selective service—conscription ended in 1973, and naively I...
View ArticleOpinion: Your Vote Really Counts
The Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races are going to be decided on Tuesday, November 2. Although Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Jack Ciattarrelli are playing hide the Trump, DemocratsTerry...
View ArticleCritical Race ‘Theory’ Month
I wonder what happens this coming February; you know, Black History Month. Will the contingent of book banners and people who fear the delicate little psyches of white children will be permanently...
View ArticleBringing a McAuliffe to a Gun Fight
The freshly defeated Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, is a lousy politician. Let me preface the past statement with the admission that if I lived in Virginia, I would have...
View ArticleOpinion: The Denial of History Helps No One
I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or...
View ArticleThe Far Right—Left
When one speaks of the far-right-left, the obvious target for progressives would be Democratic Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Although they both are low-hanging...
View ArticleFearing the Other?
Watermelon Man is a movie released in 1970, written by Summer of ’42 author Herman Raucher and directed by the late Melvin Van Peebles; for those younger than me, the elder Peebles is the father of...
View ArticleOpinion: It is always the Same Story
States’ rights, America first, Make America Great Again, and Freedom. As much as the right-wing tries to bestow nobility on their coded phrases, those buzzwords were bastardized to promote racism,...
View ArticlePassing Judgment
I had a spirited discussion a little over a week ago with a family member about getting vaccinated and the idea of a vaccine mandate. Both of us and our families are vaccinated. We agreed on the...
View ArticleWhy is the Bar Set so Low for Republicans?
With the news media lapping at the toes of the former Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, save for a few like MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, no wonder the GOP bar for redemption is set so low. Meanwhile,...
View ArticleOpinion: Must it be Long, Lingering, and Torturous?
America began its’ latest racial justice divide with the killing of Trayvon Martin. In the dark, alone, and taking his last breaths, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin felt his life ebb from his body due to a...
View ArticleThe Drama Behind the Inflation Story
We spent the four years before President Joe Biden took office in a drama-laden dystopia authored by an incompetent, irresponsible president. America’s press became so addicted to the reality show...
View ArticleThe Last Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, as with others, a lot of us will reminisce about our last big Thanksgiving soirée, at home, with immediate family. My last big family gathering came in 1977, two years before the...
View ArticleOpinion: Run with Ahmaud
We Shall Overcome, Black Power, No Justice-No Peace, Say Her Name, I Run with Ahmaud and Daddy Changed the World. The preceding words are just a few chants, pleas, memes, and cries for help from black...
View ArticleVaccine Takebacks
Among the hundreds of lies told by the former president, one has proven to be particularly dangerous to public health. “That’s all I hear about now. That’s all I hear. Turn on television—'Covid, Covid,...
View ArticleAnother Moment of Sorrow and Dread
Firstly, the pistol still utilizes parts from the original Legion, but the TXG grip module is shorter to accommodate the3.9 slide…the pistol also comes with three 17-round magazines with the Legion...
View ArticleOpinion: Be Fruitful and Multiply
Now that the Supreme Court is on the verge of moving our Republic closer to Gilead and performing a D&C on abortion rights, the push for more white babies cannot be far behind. TV evangelists,...
View Article‘We Need Monsters’
“Our culture today is trying to completely de-masculate(sic) all of the young men in our culture. They’re trying to de-masculate the young men in our country because they don’t want people who are...
View ArticleTime for the Tyranny of the Majority?
Many finger trembling articles have been written about the tyranny of the political minority. Phrases like real America have been co-opted by insidious groups of pseudo-conservatives who believe...
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