What Crosses My Mind

  • The Politics of Humility

    It is no surprise that I am not a fan of our POTUS. Now, he is receiving accolades for his participation in the Gaza cease fire. I’m listening to him speak with his cabinet and a press corp, while he lauds himself in every other sentence.  I feel so torn and anxious with my personal…

  • On Stephen Colbert

    We recently received the news that Stephen Colbert has been cancelled. The highest rated late night show is being discontinued because of “financial issues.” This is hard to imagine given his show – Late Night With Stephen Colbert – is incredibly popular. Social media has taken to criticizing the move, people recognizing without a blink…

  • Trials Defining 45’s Racism

    Racism  noun Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.                    – Oxford English Dictionary A friend of mine asked me recently to give a good definition of racism and what it means in…

  • People Speak of Fake News

      People speak of fake news. Certain sources do indicate a far different and accurate story behind that of the young girl’s plight in the moment. There is also the reality of everyone’s reminder of the Obama camps and photos of 2014 – similar to today’s. The reality is behind every ‘story’ there is added…

  • Why I attended a Trump rally

    I was recently given tickets to attend the Trump rally in Duluth, Minnesota last night. Given the controversy around the issues occurring on our southern border, I felt like this was my closest opportunity I might have to put myself in a place to show resistance to his actions and the impact he is having…

  • I’m Struggling to be OK, and other “Trump is my President” Anxieties

    Last night I listened to 45 basically implode or become ‘unhinged’ as most news agencies reported, except for one I suppose. I walked into my home and my wife was exasperated with his demonstrative ranting at his Arizona campaign rally. Then I listened more as he defended all of his bigotry and ‘fake news’ accusations,…

  • This Hatred Is Still Real

    There in the quiet, when we all settle in to our own reality, a memorial stands free, meant to celebrate a young boy, there is a mindset exists in the world around us, we sometimes allow ourselves to forget about morality. I’m not talking about you, not speaking about me, I haven’t any idea really,…

  • Circus Clowns

    When I was a kid, the circus came to town, I remember not liking the stench, being afraid of the clown. I think there’s any sort of trepidation, when we see a showcase that hides the truth. I grew up to recognize a lot of the wise sort of character playing clowns we see, tend…

  • Sanity Left The Room

    Seems we’ve whittled ourselves down, there’s a bit of sadness in the air, the pundits are introducing nameless figures, afraid to give any more attention to hypocrisy. ~ I woke up today with a bit of a frown, though I did always think Jeb! a dare, He held to his principles always ahead of fixtures,…

  • `The Decay of a Day

    In a methodical mess of time, our world has been defined, by hypocrisy, or idiocy, or lunacy, or whichever descriptive horror, travesty, diminished capacity, we might choose to operate from. The ticking of a clock began our morning, from federal sacrifice to teacher ignorance, our society believes, we can will away all the misery, our…