That Area Between Black and White
That figure we’ve been insisting members of the regime back up? The “4000 people from terrorist list stopped” figure coming from the White House? It’s actually six. Six people. So. . . they rounded up? And how about that statement from Sarah Sanders this weekend, “We know that roughly, nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists …
It’s funny how images from the television can stick with us. Since I was little, I’ve imagined all of us as a group of pretty, smiling people holding hands and walking side-by-side toward a common goal. I thought it was a Coke commercial, but I can’t find the ad. Regardless of the origin, the image …
Crime is bad. There are degrees of crimes, but it is generally bad to commit a crime. I wonder how many crimes I’ve committed this week, probably only trespassing and speeding, but who’s to say, for sure? There are laws on the books that we laugh about; they’re still laws, and violating them is still …
Trump is in London today, Friday the 13th, where Brits have huge crowds for wonderfully creative protests of 45’s visit. I particularly appreciated the Dalek with the toupée and the photos of 45 with Queen Elizabeth of England. She clearly doesn’t enjoy some of her duties as queen. These people could renew my hope all on …
I despise that phrase: “I can’t even.” Surely, we can think of something else, some better way, to get that idea across? Then this past week or so happens. Since my son’s wedding at the end of May, things have been non-stop. I’m having a harder time than usual processing it all. Each time I …
You’re running for public office. Your spouse/campaign manager walks up to you with that look on their face, you know the one. It tells you they have bad news. ‘You might want to sit down for this,’ your trusted adviser says. As they hand you a phone or newspaper, you start imagining what it could …
I hate that all this Bizarro World shit is becoming “normal.” I hate that the lessons I was taught aren’t common sense anymore. What happened to “question everything” and “check facts?” What happened to scientific theory and civics and digging for truth? What happened to being able to trust the news, for the most part? …
If you ask a (white) person how they got where they are today they will probably tell you they worked hard, studied hard, and they have earned their place. They might even be able to point out some good luck, being at the right place at the right time. Generally, though, we recognize that a …
With the rest of the United States, I wait and hope for a sign. It is overcast in Milwaukee so I probably won’t see it. I don’t have glasses for it anyway. It’s supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but I didn’t bother to find out until too late that I am in the wrong …
Martin Luther King, Jr. is not with us anymore, but he is all around us in the way we think and feel about each other and about what makes a good leader, the rights we enjoy, and even in the way we choose to march. Dr. King was known for nonviolent civil rights demonstrations. He …