Who Are The Enemies of The People?

08.12.2018 ________________________________________ I do not write about America; I write about Americans, and most recently I wrote about Americans who’ve Continue reading →

“What You’re Seeing … Is Not What’s Happening.” 

08.05.2018 ________________________________________ It’s George Orwell’s time again. Recently, President Donald Trump evoked, certainly not intentionally, Orwell during a speech at Continue reading →

Ungrateful? Overpaid? Huddled Masses From Every Corner

07.22.2018 ________________________________________  Sports transcends color and borders. Like it or not we live within an intersectional mobile world of movement Continue reading →

Conflict, Culture, Identity, and the World Cup

07.15.2018 ________________________________________ I’ve been following the World Cup competition. I cheered for Senegal and their charismatic Senegalese coach Aliou Cissé, Continue reading →

Trump’s America Wears Robes Both Black and White

07.08.2018 ________________________________________  Racism, bigotry and nativist efforts to re-affirm America as a white supremacist nation manifests in many forms; today, Continue reading →

Another View: Upholding Muslim Ban Betrays America

07.02.2018 ________________________________________ [This column was written for the New Hampshire Union Leader. Published 07.01.2018] “We hold these truths to be Continue reading →

Today, Let Our Jackets Read: I Really Care. Don’t You?

06.24.2018 ________________________________________  When I arrived in the Middle East in 1968 one of my early assignments was to go to Continue reading →

On Father’s Day Ask: Where Are The Children?

06.17.2018 ________________________________________ In Genesis we are told that when Abraham saw three men standing near him and, unaware they were Continue reading →