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Black Male Actors Inform One Black Man on National Psychotherapy Day…
If the safety dogma from Covid from 2020 through 2021 helped anyone, then the lockdowns made clear that many Americans suffered from mental illnesses. Either they contended with anxiety or depression, if not both. The symptoms and stressors convinced many of them there was a problem, be open about it, and ti seek help. Sept…
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Emmys for FX’s “Shogun” Opens U.S.’s Eyes to Japan
During the winter, something about the promos for “Shogun” on Hulu convinced me to create an account so I could check it out. I faintly remember the 1980 mini-series “Shogun”; I was a school boy then. I’ve been curious about the simpleness of Samurai (bushido) culture, stoicism, and Japan’s different take on being a warrior.…
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I wonder: How do Speechwriters Help V.P. Harris to Prepare to Debate Trump?
Vice President Harris met Mr. Trump on Tuesday for the first debate. Being a word and speech nerd, the debate with him made me wonder how the speechwriters serve or help her in the preparation. I know that some days afterward, I am late too opine on or observe VP Harris’ debate performance. Nonetheless, I…
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How strange is it for driven adults to choose to improve themselves in Jan, then renege on this weeks later?
So. If that absurdity is too much, then how strange is it to note when, eight months later, a famous stranger nudges you to return to the goals, which you’d lost track of. In mid- or late-August, as youngsters are reminded to come Back-to-School, few adults wonder “what or how well did I act on…
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A conspiracy of dew point against a man lifting weights ambitiously in middle age?
I’m ambitious about strength training. Regular news stories in the early 2020s reminded me of the vitalness of this. Web research convinced me that 25% of Americans have fitness habits, I wonder how much smaller that percentage is for men over age 50? (A part of me wants to be a voice for this age…
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The Crisis of Politicians’ Rote “Relief” over Trump Surviving July 13 Gunfire.
At approx 4:25pm on Saturday July, 13, having just returned home from my part-time job, I turned on my TV to ABC News. It was extraordinary timing because when Trump was holding forth at a rally in Butler PA, Correspondent Rachel Scott had just began to report about the the sounds, assumed to have been…
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A “Crazy Idea” for Smart Indie Black talk show Begs to be Made
Weeks before Black Americans’ Freedom Day aka Juneteenth, an idea gurgled up in my imagination, and a question nagged me: what facets of American Blackness don’t we see on-screen? My idea is to create a regularly airing in-person video conversation show. I imagine something exciting. The very smart and funny shows “Desus and Mero” and…
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The Surprise of Don Trump being Convicted in NYC Hush Money Case
For a past U.S. president to be under 91 criminal indictments in four jurisdictions was a level of “if there’s smoke there’s fire” too far. Former “The Apprentice” star with its bigoted thoughts, seduced a large shrill minority of the GOP. Without that seduction of the embittered, the GOP, which once declared itself to be…
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Toy Firearms are Signs of a By-Gone Era of Childhood Innocence
On May 7th , CNN.com carried a link to this Green Bay, WI story about youth and firearms. “The recent shooting of a student by police outside a school in Mount Horeb has Green Bay district leaders warning families about toy guns.” According to CNN “On Monday, Green Bay school district leaders sent a letter…
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To consider the Book “The White Bonus”. Is this for Guilt or Justice?
CNN reported on April 22 that a Michigan woman, Tracie McMillan, wrote about what a “bonus” it is to be white in the United States; how this helps her. An independent reporter, her book is called “The White Bonus”. With a dysfunctional, addicted and abusive home, research indicated that her family profited from racial housing…
Will Wright: Award-Winning Independent Journalism, Exec Oratory and More... 