Cancel Culture: In the Eye of the Beholder

02.28.2021 ________________________________________ “It is certain, in any case” James Baldwin said, “that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious Continue reading →

The Challenge of Vaccination in America: 1721 – 2021

02.14.2021 ________________________________________ For months, as COVID-19 spread virtually unchallenged across the American prospect – death count climbing to over 475,000 Continue reading →

NFL and Truth-Telling: White People Don’t Know Enough

02.07.2021 ________________________________________ I remember, as I sometime reminisce with friends, the short-lived career of Jim Plunkett, the first player of Continue reading →

Then, They Came for America …

01.31.2021 ________________________________________ Then, They Came for America … I fully support the First Amendment rights of New Hampshire residents Mark Continue reading →

‘The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare’

01.24.2021 ________________________________________ “To heal, we must remember,” President-elect Joe Biden said on Inauguration Eve as he convened the first national Continue reading →

Inauguration Day: Where All Are Created Equal

01.17.2021 ________________________________________ On Election Day, 1920, “A white mob massacred some sixty black people in Ocoee, Florida … burning black Continue reading →

Terrorism in Washington, Racial Progress in Georgia

01.10.2021 ________________________________________ I felt very unsafe this week. I didn’t feel unsafe in 2010 when three Chechens attacked Parliament in Continue reading →

A Feast of Family and Friends – and Moghlabieh

01.03.2021 ________________________________________ I did my best to write a new column this week – I really did. I spent far Continue reading →