My Journal

Despite all their raging fury, most of the deluded self-described “patriots” who invaded the U.S. Capitol have very little to be angry about except the ...

The horrendous events at the U.S. Capitol last week were a sad reminder that whiteness still bestows privilege on some of the least fortunate in ...

How can Trump’s supporters look at what happened in 2020 and not want him banished from our lives? How is it possible not to see ...

While African Americans in this country are still fighting for recognition that Black Lives matter, Trump’s pardon of the Blackwater killers sends a message that ...

Newly elected Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville, who may support a Congressional challenge to the Electoral College results, thinks Americans fought World War II to liberate ...

I’ve quoted Maya Angelou before and, sadly, I’ll probably quote her again: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them.” The last time I ...

In case you’ve ever wondered why an avowed enemy of Southern Democrats—from Reconstruction through Jim Crow, all the way up to the Dixiecrats and the ...

We’ve surely had some sad Christmas seasons during the Civil War (I spent Christmas of 1862, for example, in a muddy, frozen army camp in ...

Why does Trump want to stay president so badly if the only thing he does in the job is play golf?

There’s no evidence the Democrats stole the election from President Trump, but that’s almost irrelevant to “MAGAs” demanding “Stop the Steal.” It’s fairly obvious they ...

When it comes to healing our country and restoring national unity, based on his refusal to accept the reality of defeat, President Trump remains the ...

When I first set out to share my opinions and tell you my story, it was my intention to focus on those things that are ...

President Trump not only remains in denial but has the audacity to claim that Americans are “sick” of hearing about the COVID pandemic, as if ...

If sometimes I sound like a know it all because I’ve been hanging about this earth for going on 200 years, I not only apologize ...

President Trump’s complete failure to lead in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic is only one more example in a long list of failures.  None ...

Unlike essential workers and first line responders, who have had no choice but to be exposed to the virus—never mind those in prisons, homeless shelters, ...

It’s clear that President Trump only cares about his own interests and getting reelected and has no vision for America whatsoever. If his “base” subscribes ...

Our fearless leader, President Trump, has now compared his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to the leadership of Winston Churchill and FDR during World War ...

The greatest threat to the American people isn’t rampaging mobs invading the suburbs or gun-toting vigilantes in souped-up pickup trucks; it’s President Trump’s incompetent leadership ...