Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill, is a phenomenal work that concisely discusses the way all of us – liberal and conservative, racist and humanist – have created the social conditions and political state that deem the poor and the black as Nobody’s. …
I had written previously about my grandparents and father who grew up on old-time radio shows as the source of their entertainment. This record of Orson Welles’ adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds was another that had been passed on to me because I enjoyed listening to it so much whenever I visited. On …
“What I’m Thinking About” Wednesday June 4, 2014 Friday night is soccer night in Detroit. Detroit City FC is hosting the Erie Admirals, which promises to be an exciting night. Erie is the team that eliminated DCFC from the playoffs last season, sparking an instant hatred of that team by supporters. Sports are interesting, aren’t …
I was browsing a local book store recently and a title on the New Arrivals table caught my eye. It was one of the local history books published by Arcadia Publishing, titled Legendary Locals of Detroit by Paul Vachon. The cover is adorned with fifteen black & white portrait photographs of some of the locals …
Where do enemies come from? The American Heritage Dictionary defines enemy as “one who feels hatred toward, intends injury to, or opposes the interests of another.” In our personal life, an enemy can be obvious. In elementary school, a kid who conspired with two of my friends to steal baseball cards from me became someone …
It was mid-February, 2003, when I was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for a conference. The weather was pleasant enough – 70’s and 80’s during the day, 60’s in the evening. But there I was, in my hotel room, with the heater kicked on high, wearing sweats under the blankets. I must have had it up …
On December 14, 2012,Adam Lanza helped himself to guns owned by his mother, to kill her and murder 20 children and 6 adults before taking his own life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. This tragedy shook the nation, and even brought tears to the eyes of the President of the United States. …
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