4 days agoNeo-Nazis Are Active; Could Be Coming to a Street Corner Near You3944Manny OtikoI was dreading a report such as this.I was dreading a report such as this. In 2007, I published a novel, Glass half-full, about some decent people being threatened by neo-nazis. At the time, I considered the story as warning. But now it is actually happening. Now I'm reading Hannah Arendt's post-WWII, 500-page historical analysis The Origins…1 min read1 min read
Sep 22Confronting Our Racist, Literary Past1.5K25Terry BarrThanks for sharing your experience and your perspective on Southern Literature.Thanks for sharing your experience and your perspective on Southern Literature. I was a kid in Jackson Mississippi in the 1950s- early '60s. My teen and college years were in Loiusiana. I wrote and published a novel about all of it; published the story in 2017. The early chapters of…2 min read2 min read
Sep 19Those Tricky Quantum FieldsAcross several centuries of recent time, scientists and mathematicians have discovered many facts about what our Universe is, how it works and even how it must have begun. Using mathematical deduction and scientific experiments, physicists have projected back in time to theorize an event that has come to be known…Physics3 min readPhysics3 min read
Sep 15Rising Above it AllBeginning with an old piece of history from a long time ago. . . Jacob came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of that place and put it under his head and laid down. He…Rising1 min readRising1 min read
Sep 10Gone With the WinThe Donald called down to Georgia and he was lookin’ for some votes to find. But after a while he found himself in a bind ‘cuz the victory he sought was just his imagination. Instead of votes he caught a bundle of allegations. Coupl’a years later allegations morphed to litigations. …January 6 20212 min readJanuary 6 20212 min read
Sep 5Dog Whistle DaysIn contemporary slang, “dog whistle” is a spoken message that carries a hidden meaning. donald trump utters them frequently to communicate improper messages to his gangs. Dog whistle#1, spoken by donald trump while in a debate with Joe Biden : “Proud boys, stand back and stand by.” Dogs’ active response…January 6 20212 min readJanuary 6 20212 min read
Sep 4Lincoln Legacy in DangerSomething was lost, but something was found. . . in a Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg. They walked up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. When they reached the top, Bridget was gazing, like most everyone else who ascends here, with rapt interest at the seated statue…Gettysburg Address3 min readGettysburg Address3 min read
Sep 2Who Was in Charge?The attempted disruption of our Electoral process on Jan6 has propelled our nation into confusion. From the beginning, all kinds of Americans began pointing fingers of accusation, a phenomenon which is now, 2 1/2 iyears later, generating indictments and multiple trials. …January 6 20213 min readJanuary 6 20213 min read
Aug 31Future Ain’t What it WasThe 1950’s were a totally unprecedented period in the history of the world. When I was a child, back in those days, less than a decade after the most destructive world war in human history, I got habitually hooked, like millions of other baby boomers, on TV. It was the…Past3 min readPast3 min read
Aug 24Future Insurrection PreventionIn the wake of donald trump’s attempt to launch a Jan6 insurrection on our Congress, a trail of criminal destruction was left behind. Now We the People are trying to clean up the mess and find a way to impose Justice on the criminals who tried to steal our .gov…Insurrection3 min readInsurrection3 min read