I’ve been following the news about the protests in Iran, mostly because police brutality is a subject I’m interested in and write about regularly. But it’s been hard to discern exactly what’s going on there because of the breathless way that American news commentators have talked about them. One phrase that’s continually thrown around is…
Certain people are really concerned with authenticity. For them, it’s a point of pride. When they eat Italian or Chinese or French food, they don’t want the Americanized versions. They want the “real” thing. Only, as my brother pointed out to me recently, it’s hard to say what the real thing is. Take Italian and…
After weeks of speculation about his decision, Deion Sanders formally announced that he would be leaving HBCU Jackson State to become the head coach at the University Of Colorado. As a lifelong fan of Deion Sanders (save for a couple of unfortunate years when he played for the Dallas Cowboys), I’m conflicted about the news….
I’ve been divorced for a little more than six years now. That’s crazy to think about. Tempus fugit, I guess. But anyway, six years is a pretty long time to be single. And I have been single for most of that time. I’ve had a couple of brief relationships that, taken together, might add up…
I wrote about this topic almost two two years ago. Back then, I was speaking in generalizations since there was no political office I was interested in. But last week, Mayor Luke Bronin announced that he wouldn’t seek a third term as the leader of Hartford. So there’s a job opening. The question is, should…
There’s a brilliant scene between Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street and Doc from Fraggle Rock in A Muppet Family Christmas that goes like this: Ernie: “Oh, hi there. We’re Ernie and Bert.” Doc: “Well, hi there yourself. I’m Doc.” Bert: “Did you know that the word Doc starts with the letter D?” Doc: “Why,…
Whenever I see a car or house that’s flying an American flag, I become wary. To me, displaying the flag is indicative of a type of chauvinism that ignores the bigotry, prejudice and violence of American history- after all, if you’re aware of how America has treated ethnic and religious minorities and women, then how…
It’s December. Can you believe it? I can’t. Groundhog Day was a little over a week ago. I don’t know how this happened, but I’ve double checked and triple checked, and it is December. We have a December tradition around these parts. For this month, we actually live up to our name. We put up…
This year was going to be different. Every year I promised to participate in National Novel Writing Month, and every year November slipped by with me barely putting any words down on paper. Not this year though. I had my story idea, my outline and notes. I even had a whole Chrome window dedicated only…
That just doesn’t seem worth celebrating to me. Sure, it could have been worse, but they are still in a weaker position than they were before the election.
