Category Archives: Op-Ed

One Time I Nearly Met Jesse Jackson

When I was in college, I nearly met Rev. Jesse Jackson. It was around 2000 when I was enrolled at Georgia Southern University and Jackson was scheduled to speak one afternoon.   I think there had been some mix up in the location as several people felt it was supposed to be in the main ballroomContinue reading “One Time I Nearly Met Jesse Jackson”

Happy Chinese New Year & Fat Tuesday!

Well, there may not be any need to celebrate with world events but today is the first day of the Year of the Fire House on the Chinese New Year and it’s also Fat Tuesday, the great day of feasting as Ash Wednesday tomorrow begins Lent. Wishing all of you a great day if youContinue reading “Happy Chinese New Year & Fat Tuesday!”

Welcome To 5150 Get-Off-My-Lawn!

This is some property east of where I live about five miles give or take. I’ve past by this property numerous times over the years and and it was just another country home.   Yet the last few months, all this has sprung up. There’s razor barb wire along the fence where there’s black walls and warning signs. Even worse, if you look closer at the houseContinue reading “Welcome To 5150 Get-Off-My-Lawn!”

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Super Bowl

No matter what happened on Sunday at the Super Bowl, those on the right were going to act like it was a win for them. There’s a line from the movie The American President where a character says, “How do you have patience for people who claim they love America, but clearly can’t stand Americans?”  And I think it’s getting worse now. The SuperContinue reading “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Super Bowl”

Super Bowl LX Is A Day Away

The 60th Super Bowl might be getting some more attention if it wasn’t for all the hoopla over the half-time show as Bad Bunny is scheduled to perform. So many conservatives (and racists) have been angry since it was first announced months ago. Kid Rock said he would do an alternative half-time show sponsored byContinue reading “Super Bowl LX Is A Day Away”

A Time To Die And A Time To Heal

Four years ago today, I began what would become the first day of the rest of my life. On Feb. 3, 2022, my girlfriend, Kerry Kerr, died of an illness. We had been spending time apart because Covid and some other issues that made it hard for us to be together.   It pissed me off because two years earlier on the sameContinue reading “A Time To Die And A Time To Heal”

Well, It’s Groundhog Day…Again!

Today is Feb. 2 which is typically known as Groundhog Day, which has become more famous thanks in part to the 1993 fantasy-dramedy by the same name directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray. Punxustawney Phil who resides at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxustawney, Penn. claimed to have seen his shaow which means there areContinue reading “Well, It’s Groundhog Day…Again!”

Remember The Columbia Crew

I was living with my ex in a house that is no longer there on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003. Beverly woke me up that morning telling me the space shuttle had exploded.   I didn’t know what she really meant. I had briefly heard about the Columbia mission a week or so earlier. What was so creepy was that itContinue reading “Remember The Columbia Crew”