One of America’s favorite pastimes is waxing poetic about how virtuous we are and how every other country should aspire to be like us. There is much to admire and celebrate about America, but we don’t like to acknowledge or discuss the two foundational vices in our country: greed and racism. They’re in our […]
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It was August 1988, four years since I received my honorable discharge from the United States Army. Before joining the Army, I worked as a Financial Aid Director and, coincidentally, upon leaving, continued that type of work for two years for a small university in the DMV – District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia region. It
Our country seems perpetually in a state where each presidential election is the most critical election of our lifetime. Some say that phrase is hyperbolic and overused, but many don’t take it seriously. Donald Trump’s rise, which has commandeered one of our two major political parties, has represented a Rorschach test for our nation, and
Approximately 12 years ago, I wrote a tribute to a man who inspired thousands of young children growing up in Spanish Harlem and throughout New York City. That man’s name was Herbert Chuck Griffin. He was a visionary and taught us that if we could believe, we could achieve. If we persevered, so many of
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March 29, 2024, was an important day for me. It was the 5th anniversary of my prostatectomy (prostate surgery). I was completing my semiannual visit to my urologist, Dr. Djalma, and received excellent news. My doctor told me that my exam results meant that my semiannual visits could now become annual visits. The medical consensus
It was the first day of summer vacation, and the sun beat down on the blacktop, which made the freshly laid pavement shimmer like black gold and hot enough to melt the rubber on a new pair of Skips. It was summertime in New York City, and that was our time to let the games
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It’s probably not described enough in these terms, but our public education system, kindergarten through 12th grade, is a cornerstone of our society and fundamental to a functional democracy. Despite its decentralized nature, Americans view public education as a national initiative. One of the core missions of our public education system is to ensure
Ages ago, I was what you might call a sports fanatic. Football, baseball, basketball, and hockey received countless hours of dedication to facts and fandom while competitively playing three of those sports. I’m from the generation that used to flip baseball cards and ruin our teeth by chewing wads of Bazooka bubble gum. As soon
One of the most potent political buzzwords used by Republicans to rally the troops is the term” regulation.” They hammer home the point that regulation is nothing but a left-wing plot to restrict our freedoms. Unfortunately, that does not include a woman’s right to control her body. Republicans have cast regulations as one of the
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There’s no space between the people that deny the inhumanity and damage of slavery in our country and the soulless, murderous acts during the holocaust. The difference in a Venn Diagram is negligible. Views: 304
