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Talk! Yet Aim Not To Wound. Thought is Your Friend. Embrace it. Own Your Emotions. Don’t Let Them Own You.

Racism is a false belief, born out of a desire to prematurely close the inquiry into what makes each of us human. At the root of such desire is fear – fear of knowing the other – which when unexamined leads to their devaluing, their mistreatment, their abuse and death.

Why Trump Won’t Win

A central part of Trump’s personality is that he overvalues himself and devalues others.Mind you, that tendency exists in most human beings but, if unexamined and unchecked, it grows to become a big problem.In Trump’s case it comes across as grandiosity. ‘Look at me, I am the one!’In a recent question/answer session with Black journalists,…

Black Woman Against White Man

Hello America!We’re getting a chance to see how much we’ve evolved.Are we really where we think we are racially and sexually?To hear the Trump side, women should know their place. At home raising children. Mind you, that is a most honorable choice, but women in this country have been fighting for parity for a long…

It’s Harris’s Moment

And she’s having a ball.Flush with excitement, she addressed the crowd at her first rally in Wisconsin and earlier at campaign headquarters in Delaware and each time she exuded confidence.‘People, I’m doing this and we are going to win!’And she smiled broadly, her eyes sparkled and right in front of the cameras she went up…

No On a Two State Solution

Negotiations are under way to end the conflict in Gaza. But the conflict won’t end. It never does.Why should Israelis live under the constant threat that Palestinians will violate any agreement they make and attack them again?Since Israel’s independence in 1948 there have been many efforts to establish treaties calling for peaceful coexistence.Sometimes they have…

Still Hamas Does Not Surrender. Why Not?

Because they have innocent civilians in Gaza shielding them. Because they’re counting on world opinion restraining Israel’s determination to defeat them.Israel belongs in Palestine. So do the Arabs. But reckless leadership has kept the flames of enmity and violence alive in Arab hearts and minds for more than a hundred years.And the cost has been…

The Immigrant and America

In Europe, nations are paying countries in Africa to hold back immigrants. To not let them pass.And still they pass.Here in America they get through. Not all but a good number.But the newcomers are often seen as a source of distress.Trump said the other day that they were ‘polluting’ America’s blood.And yet, his current wife…

Grieving the Loss of White America

In an hour or two, the second Republican debate will take place.I won’t see it but will take a look at the highlights from it in the newspapers.I hear that Trump won’t show up. Again. Apparently he was planning to meet with auto industry strikers instead. Good luck.He’ll need it because he’s getting bad advice,…

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