Category Archives: Op-Ed

When Britney Spears’ …Baby, One More Time album was released in the winter of 1999, she was not even 18. At 17, she was a kid, but almost immediately, the oversexualization of her was evident. The photo of her looking up innocent with a denim skirt with a lot of skin showing on her legsContinue reading “Why We Owe Britney A Huge Apology”

I first heard about the Oscar-winning Minari when I saw the listing for extras when it was filmed in the Tulsa area during the summer of 2019. I even applied to a few listings but wasn’t called back. The movie stars Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead fame in a far different role as JacobContinue reading “‘Minari’ Roots Itself In Familiar Ground”

Today is Veterans Day, honoring all past and present military veterans. For the first time this Veterans Day in about 20 years, we are not involved in a war. It might not seem important despite what happened in Afghanistan but it should be a painful reminder to what people did and continue to do. I’mContinue reading “Honoring Veterans Should Take More Effort Than Social Media Posts”

The Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial is a case that has been a long time coming in the American judicial system. What constitutes self-defense, vigilantism or flat out murder? We’ve often had a grey area in discussing the matter and it’s only gotten worse in the last 20 years. When I was working in Americus, Ga.,Continue reading “The Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Case Won’t End Well Regardless Of The Verdict”

I can’t keep up with all the different days, weeks and months devoted to special causes, but I do say that November which is Men’s Mental Health Month should be heavily observed, because we need to discuss the issues with men who suffer from mental health issues. Because of the history of establishing a patriarchy,Continue reading “We Need To Talk About Men’s Mental Health”

If you’re one of many people other there who lives in a state or area that still observes Daylight Savings Time, it comes to an end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7. And I would hopefully wish our government, now that the infrastructure bill is taken care of, do something about it. November isContinue reading “Why It’s Time To Stop Daylights Saving”

It was the 2015 college football season when my alma matter, Georgia Southern University, had tied against the University of Georgia at the end of regulation when they went into overtime at 17-17. If you know another about Georgia football back then, Mark Richt, head football coach at UGA was seriously despised by almost allContinue reading “Republicans Shouldn’t Count Their Chickens Before They Hatch”

One of my pet peeves as a journalist, especially with flu season coming up, are photojournalists showing pics of screaming toddlers and crying primary school age kids getting flu shots. One of my other pet peeves with stereotypical photos are whenever a softball or baseball game wins big, there’s always the dogpile of team playersContinue reading “Saying No To The ‘Diamond Orgy’”

I knew a guy while attending Georgia Southern University who had lived in Wilmington, N.C. during the filming of the 1994 movie The Crow, in which Brandon Lee was fatally shot. He said that North Carolina was one of the few states at the time that allowed non-union labor on film and TV sets andContinue reading “Fatal Shooting On Movie Set Spotlights Much Needed Workforce Safety Reforms”

Colin Powell may have been an inspiration for some. But on Feb. 5, 2003, he forever tainted his legacy with a lie that he knew was a lie. He appeared in front of the United Nations Security Council, held up a vial of anthrax and said there was intel that Saddam Hussein was looking toContinue reading “Colin Powell’s Tainted Legacy”