The Flag
When I was a junior in college I stole the American flag out of the school dining hall. The flag (and the Christian flag) flanked a dais because the room also served as the school chapel. One evening, the room nearly empty, on impulse, I grabbed the flag, pole and...
The Big Kiss
Knocked down and dazed, I was fortunate to escape the throng with little more than scrapes and bruises. The tumult rumbled away across the great lawn as I brushed myself off, reflexively planning a return to my place with the others. And yet, I was hindered by inertia...
Impeach the President
The time has come to impeach the President of the United States. The man is genuinely disconnected from the perspectives of others. He seems to take little interest in the nuances of public policy, whether domestic or international, and, worst of all, is reckless with...
Outsourced Uplift
“One of the things that I learned from black leaders of yesteryear, pre-civil rights movement—Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell—is that uplift can never be outsourced. Because when it is, you leave yourself at the mercy of someone else.” – Delano Squires
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