In fourth grade, I began preparing for what I thought might be my life鈥檚 work. Three uncles and my mother鈥檚 father had all been musicians. My journey started with a pair of drumsticks given to me by my Aunt Mildred. Within a very short time, I had graduated from lessons at school to private ...
Social media exposes all of us, but perhaps none more so than the former president of the United States.Donald Trump鈥檚 Truth Social account is a daily advertisement for a sense of political desperation seemingly at odds with his position in a Republican field he currently dominates.Trump, by ...
Let鈥檚 be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An obsessive pursuit of 鈥渨oke鈥� has kept the Florida governor and apparent presidential candidate from mucking around serious matters. But, ...
I suppose 鈥渨oke鈥� is now a dirty word.For the better part of a century, the word, 鈥渨oke,鈥� hadn鈥檛 harmed anybody.It had long been a bit of African American vernacular which meant alert, or aware of racial and social injustices.That鈥檚 all.Somehow, folks on the political right, have ...
