The storm of this administration is getting stronger faster than anyone could have imagined. Well, I guess you ignored the forecast—Project 2025 wasn’t a whisper, it was a warning siren. They blew it in your…
When Red and Blue Go to War
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I. The First Civil War: A Lesson in Division The first Civil War didn’t begin with a grand declaration or a congressional vote. It began with a shot. In 1861, there was only one United…
45th Reunion
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Yesterday was homecoming and my 45th high school class reunion. The class of ’80, the first desegregated class to matriculate through the Evanston Public School District. When we began our educational journey as five- and…
Tulsa, MOVE, and Now: America’s Unbroken Pattern
In Tulsa, 1921, the cover story was “an uprising.” White mobs, backed by police, burned down Greenwood and dropped fire from the sky. The truth never had to be proven; the accusation was enough to…
Happy Ninety-Ninth
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No paper trail.No midwife’s mark.No certificate to prove the day. Just Marlboro County fields,tobacco barns breathing their smoke,and the cry of the first of twelve —a Black child under Jim Crow skies. If he went…
From DEI to W.E.I.: Quantico Wasn’t a Briefing — It Was a Whiteness War Sermon
From DEI to W.E.I.: Quantico Wasn’t a Briefing — It Was a Whiteness War Sermon Pete Hegseth just told the entire U.S. military that you’re fat, ugly, stupid, weak, and lazy — and that the…
The Problem Ain’t Guns, It’s White Men with Guns
Remember Minority Report with Tom Cruise? The precogs could predict who was going to commit murder and the cops would swoop in before it happened. Crime nearly vanished because they followed the pattern. We don’t…
Who’s Gonna Have Jimmy Kimmel’s Balls?
Tonight, it’s going to be interesting to see what monologue Jimmy Kimmel comes out with. Will he be muted? Sanitized? Forced to issue a public apology to Charlie Kirk’s family for his “insensitivity”? I don’t…
A Night at The Aux
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I never thought I’d be thankful that our washing machine broke. Truth be told, I hate laundromats. I’d rather walk barefoot down a gravel alley than sit under those flickering fluorescent lights, waiting for my…
Enigma. Gamine. Epstein.
Enigma[uh-nig-muh]Nouna person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. Gamine[gam-een, -in, ga-meen]Nounan attractive and usually thin and small woman or girl who often shows a playful desire to cause trouble. Now I’m…