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How Much Does Ms. Crumbley’s Conviction for Son’s School Shooting Comfort U.S?
Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Ethan who killed four classmates at Oxford High School in Michigan in 2021, has been found guilty too for permitting her son’s acts. Her son, Ethan, was already found guilty of four counts of manslaughter. He received a life sentence. But after the grotesque number of school shootings, and after…
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Michele Norris, a journalist, has a new book about “Our Hidden Conversations“
Michele Norris, a journalist probably best known as a one-time co-host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” has written another book. It does that, which many of us aspire to, but rarely do. It confronts “Our Hidden Conversations“ (the title of the book) about race. We are cautious about race. From the beginning of…
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Going to Richard Moody’s 32nd Annual Holiday Event at Mpls’ Granada
Richard Moody’s presented the 32nd Annual Holiday Event at the Granada Theatre in Minneapolis’ Uptown area on December 11th. The event exists to help needy youngsters, and a way to encourage Twin Citians to come, be sociable by meeting one another. When you need a social outlet this is a strong candidate. It was convenient…
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Upon Norman Lear’s death, “Good Times” and other Works Touched Me
On Tuesday, December 4 Norman Lear died at the age of 101. Mr. Lear’s shows “All in the Family” and “Good Times” in particular, marked my childhood. As a quiet, introverted boy with shallow and shaky self-esteem, I clung to TV shows. I resorted to TV for a distraction from family drama and emotional neglect.…
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Avoid Suicidal Thoughts, Mental Pain, During Thanksgiving, Etc.
To concentrate on gratitude and the blessings each of us has In November can nourish and affirm our wellbeing. That is one way to go through Thanksgiving, Christmas and surrounding holidays. On a day or during a month about gratitude, some people struggle to feel it, or to feel human warmth. On Nov. 19 CNN…
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NPR’s 6AM News Gave Sag Aftra Actors a Return to Work
To watch or listen to the 7:00am news is a part of me being a good citizen. When I began drinking my coffee (insomnia sucks) before 7:00am on Nov 7th, MPR told me at the tail of the hour, that the SAG AFTRA union had a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and…
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With Richard Roundtree’s, “Shaft’s,” Death Passes Part of a 20th-Cent Ideal of Black Manhood
On Wednesday October 24, Richard Roundtree, the man who portrayed Shaft, the eponymous star of the1971 iconic Black action film, died. The news, which “CBS Mornings” presented as a teaser, was a shock to me. “Shaft” was released before I was born. People die; I know this. No one lives forever. Mr. Roundtree’s portrayal of…
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How Much Fun Can Be Had Discussing a Children’s Book about Death?
How do you go to a book club with reading the book? Not unless you need a social outlet, and prefer that it be among people, adults, who like to read. You confess to the host that you misread the reminder message: Wasn’t this an author event? As a man who wants more friends, that…
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Adult Reading Remains Fundamental. But…
How many men or women decide during the last quarter of a year to remedy a new-year goal for self-development? A common goal is “I’m gonna lift weights” or “lose weight,” or both? I’ve been doing the weights work. I’m lagging in reading. A central reason for me to make up for ill-pursued new-year goals,…
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Handsomeness (or the Opposite) Injure or Lift
From elementary school age, I remember having the message from mom that I was less than ___. I hesitate to write this candidly upon wordpress. I’m 51 years -old. Beginning in my 40s, Looking back, I remember the movies and TV shows to which I glued myself (having gutter-level self -esteem) as a youngster, the…
Will Wright: Award-Winning Independent Journalism, Exec Oratory and More... 