Will Wright: Award-Winning Indie Journalism, Writing, incl SpeechWriting
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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…
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Fashion is Weird. But we had an All-Black Attire party in Minneapolis
Fashion is weird. Around 15-years-ago during a TV interview Project Runway mentor Tim Gunn admitted that “no one needs fashion”. Nonetheless, in Western society people wear clothes. These reflect his or her choices, and express meaning. This is fashion. Consider that few Twin Citians dress to make entrances, to be dapper or to be remembered.…
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A Prof, Who Said She Had Cherokee Ancestry, will Resign from UC Riverside.
At some point in history, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California Riverside, Andrea Smith, came to think that she was Native American? Credibility is a vital virtue for teachers, experts and mentors. When you choose to claim a racial guise, you diminish that. According to CNN, “an ethnic studies professor, who…
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Having “Discovered ‘Kim’s Convenience’ after T’was Canceled I ‘Learned’ Korean”
The deluge of web-based and traditional news stories should make it easy to maintain a habit of creative writing practice. There’s always something to observe or comments on as a way to keep the practice fresh –– But much of that “news” shows a voice that’s by-default always pissed off about something. The mindset is…
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