You’ll always know corruptionBy it ever seeking your earIt will endlessly take territoryDestroy trusts and bridgesWith a bold pretense of givingWhile it occupies all that it offersThe wells it poisons won’t clearFor measures abidingly tendedTurning blind-eyed and listening You advance an adulterant powerCorruption never sets you free Not for a moment, never liberatesIt has to … Continue reading Corruption’s Needs
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My Sister
This is my story about an extraordinary and exquisite soul. It’s an experiential accounting of the rare and exceptional. Of a person who would never let on to others just how deep the river flows. But I’ll make an attempt. When we were children, she always had an eye to the horizon. Whether under the … Continue reading My Sister
The White Lie
I hesitate telling this - not for the rage or clamor of white people hearing, but to say and expect to be trusted by those not identified as white. I hate the idea of being perceived differently than I am. I am white, and these words are suspect by the very nature of the history … Continue reading The White Lie
Closer Than We Know
We make so many claims as to how things are, and the fact is – we don’t know much at all. Four people in my lifetime, two in my family have taken their lives. Yesterday one more person I know got added to that number. The platitudes I hear are intolerable. Unconscionable even. A triteness, … Continue reading Closer Than We Know
Who Is “The Enemy Within?”
Projection has been the mainstay for a criminal’s rise to power. The greatest of these projections is the use of a term “Enemy Within.” Our President Elect has literally called for the termination of The Constitution of the United States of America for expediency of his goals. We will watch and interact for or against … Continue reading Who Is “The Enemy Within?”
White Nationalism – Christianity’s Appropriation to a Supremacist Theocracy
Texas State Representative James Talarico stated a inarguable case that white nationalism is counter to the tenets of Christianity and a rejection Jesus teachings as he spoke to his church congregation. A worthwhile eighteen minutes - especially for a Christian needing to hear it. This is the second address to Christians that I’ve seen, redressing … Continue reading White Nationalism – Christianity’s Appropriation to a Supremacist Theocracy
Project 2025, Lamentation de Seneca
Let’s talk for a moment about why Republican's have held such principle-defying adherence to the phenomenon that is Donald J Trump. We can set aside the notion any longer that saying his name has anything to do with the momentum, mass, velocity or his trajectory of destructive force we’re all clear on as his super … Continue reading Project 2025, Lamentation de Seneca
What To Do About The Harm of Selfishness
What to do about the new energy of exploitation. It seems pervasive because it is pervasive. Those who say Trump does not represent who we are as a collective - they are wrong. There is enough of this energy among the greater population to bring a leader like that into being. Many of those who … Continue reading What To Do About The Harm of Selfishness
No Sword, No Shield
When I think sometimes of how much it hurt me. I have choices between anger, resentment and forgiveness. They don’t feel like choices when I am not the very best of myself. The very best of me . . . loves. The very best of me . . . wants, in a way that is … Continue reading No Sword, No Shield
The Little Mermaid and Bothering Bothered White People
Why are so many white people losing it over The Little Mermaid? It’s a question a lot of people are asking. Some have posited the idea that it panders to wokeness, but wokeness isn’t a fantasy. Wokeness irritates the unwoke for an entirely different set of reasons. Some suggest that it’s an inability to allow … Continue reading The Little Mermaid and Bothering Bothered White People
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