2015-11-08 20:58
Nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee loved basketball. He took that ball with him everywhere he went. He took it into that Chicago alley on Monday, November 2, 2015 when Chicago poli… Read More
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2015-09-26 15:10
“Go, the Mass has ended.” The last time I heard those words from the altar of a Catholic Church was at a funeral in the late 1990s. Although I can almost recite an e… Read More
2014-11-28 15:26
“It’s cool being a black man, ‘cuz everybody’s afraid of you.” My family’s Thanksgiving was destroyed by the greed of AT&T and the Kohl’s… Read More
2014-11-25 17:26
Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one I know, the grand jury in Ferguson, MO, in their infinite wisdom, decided there was not probable cause to charge the police officer who shot an kill… Read More
2014-11-21 16:17
I hadn’t heard about the rumors before now. I didn’t know someone had alleged America’s most loveable father figure was not just a rapist, but a conscious pred… Read More
2014-11-16 16:56
I am feeling quite conflicted this cold, overcast morning. About a month ago, after several months of non-stop troll activity on Open Salon, the blogging site I’ve used f… Read More
2014-07-21 03:52
I am not known for being indecisive. I have opinions, some of which are pretty strong and non-negotiable. I am absolutely clear about my stance on: -- abortion (for it)… Read More
2014-03-31 18:40
Fifteen years ago, when I started using my current doctor as my primary care giver, the best part of any office visit was the chitchat, the catching up on family and work issues.&nb&hell…Read More
2014-03-13 16:31
It’s so funny to me the way things happen sometimes. Just the other day a Facebook friend who had just signed up for Amazon.com’s Prime Membership was wondering if s… Read More
2014-02-03 17:39
I’ve just finished reading the Open Letter to Woody Allen that was written by his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. I have no doubt at all about her story. I just saw a comment on… Read More
2014-01-20 19:08
Date: January 20, 2014 Place: Heaven or a reasonable facsimile Martin Luther King glances over at Malcolm X. From their fluffy perch in the clouds, they were both watching as MLK&rsqu&helli…Read More
2013-12-30 19:41
A Facebook friend of mine posted that sign yesterday. This morning, a neighbor who was driving past me and my dog Coqui stopped, lowered the window and shouted “How was y… Read More
2013-12-19 19:26
Little L would lie in bed and wait for it: that magical feeling that started right after Santa Claus finally brought up the rear of the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade. The anti… Read More
2013-12-16 18:54
Ethan Couch Now I’ve heard everything! He did it because his family is too wealthy to teach him any better. Sixteen-year-old Texan Ethan Couch killed four people last June when h… Read More
2013-12-06 20:31
A dear friend’s husband died last Friday. She and I worked together when I lived in California. My husband and I bought a home in the same town she and her husband l… Read More
2013-11-22 19:13
So many of my fellow writers here are much younger than I. Some terrific essays have been posted in the past few days, but most of the true memories of the day John F. Kennedy w… Read More
2013-11-17 17:37
It appears the simulated violence in video games is no longer exhilarating enough for some urban teenagers. There’s a new game in town that is all the rage among seemingly… Read More
2013-11-07 18:22
At first glance, I’m pretty sure I look like a real girly-girl. I admit to paying meticulous attention to my public presentation – clothes must fit, hair must be nea… Read More
2013-10-31 20:22
In a recent comment in a thread on Open Salon, one of familiar right-wingers described Medicare as a “fiscal disaster.” My first inclination was to ask him to back u… Read More
2013-10-31 00:37
I don’t usually attend meetings anymore. I hate them. Nothing much ever gets accomplished and I have grown weary of watching people lie to my face. I prefer to… Read More
2013-10-17 15:08
What’s up, blogsters? Coquette “Coqui” intheSoutheast here. You might remember me – I’m the cutie pie pooch in the pictures in her banner, ab… Read More
2013-10-14 19:39
A regular reader of my blog recently sent me an email, asking if I am okay. He hadn’t seen a post from me since September 23, 2013; quite a departure from my tendency to w… Read More
2013-09-07 21:10
My carcass has been parked on this very spot since noon today. Four hours later, two of the world’s top tennis players, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Stanislaus Wawrinka (Sw… Read More
2013-08-31 20:31
I’m so confused. Here are a list of questions I have about the crisis in Syria that I have no conclusive answers for: 1. The U.S. government is swearing they a… Read More
2013-08-20 21:36
I am up in years. I can’t deny that, but the recent release of Lee Daniels’ The Butler really makes that fact take on a bold headline. No, unlike the subject of the… Read More
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