Perspective

As the world turns there are more examples of ugliness in society. The humans on this planet are being bombarded with a constant stream of negativity. The society we live in is caught between greed and extinction. As of today, the former is driving the people to the latter. This isn’t a race issue, but a humanity issue. As a person you have to find a safe place for yourself. … [Read more...] about Find your safe place

  At first glance, it seems that we are making some progress by what people are saying, stories written, town hall meetings held, radio talk shows, big plans being suggested and a “blue ribbon committee” being formed that will study the problem and find a solution. But just like some real live “magic act” and after some time the “big idea” somehow just disappeared into … [Read more...] about Let’s be upfront

“Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so many children without an education, so many poor persons. Poverty today is a cry.” –Pope Francis “Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can … [Read more...] about The piercing cry of child poverty in economically rich but spiritually poor America

The local and national elections for 2016 are shaping up to be one for the record books in terms of who is running for some kind of public office. If you think that things are interesting now with some of the non-politicians leading in the early polls... just wait, there is more to come...for there will be more people filing their papers and paying filing fees soon. Of … [Read more...] about Looking for a party

Damien Durr is a brilliant young man who grew up in Ohio in a family of teachers where education was always stressed. No one—including Damien—ever thought he wouldn’t finish high school. When his father, grandfather and aunt all died within a short time of each other as he was starting high school it shook him off his solid foundation. But through his terrible grief he kept … [Read more...] about Young Black males: Pushed out and pushed away

We have been trained to believe that worry is a part of life. We worry about things that are mostly out of our control. We worry about other people’s problems not realizing there is nothing we can do about them. Like masochists we seek out reasons to worry to keep our ulcers burning. What if we could be free of worry and their sibling, problems? How many people would give up … [Read more...] about No worries can be a reality

I know that the founding fathers of our great country did not see this coming... not at all... and perhaps they would be just as lost as many of us baby boomers are today in understanding and embracing the world of “Hip Hop.” It is not just the music; but it is a culture all to itself. I know what you are thinking and I am with you... as a baby boomer myself, I find it hard to … [Read more...] about When Hip Hop matters

I once saw a funny picture on a blog of a man standing over a dead horse hitting it with a stick. The meaning was simple; he was beating the metaphorical dead horse. It was tied to a debate that was going on over a pro athlete. I hate to be the one standing over these horses with whips but the situation is dire. We have to get some more rides out of Silver. “Violence once again … [Read more...] about Keep whipping those horses

I know that “World Peace Day” is officially observed a few months from now, but we need help today. The widespread of senseless gun violence and drug use throughout our country are just signals that many aspects of our society are out of balance and things are going wrong for so many. This issue and more are fueling the growing level of mistrust in public officials, law … [Read more...] about When peace matters