Tag: politics
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Richard Roundtree, and “Shaft’s” Resonance on the Actor’s July 9th Birthday
In Hollywood career and celebrity terms Richard Roundtree, who was born July 9 1942, immortalized John Shaft, the titular character in “Shaft,” and affirmed a modern and sure Black manhood. He was born on July 9th. I guess that I need to be grateful? I don’t know what is was as a Black man circa…
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The State of U.S. Public Memory, Democracy from Jan. 6, 2021 to Jan. 20, 2025
Between Jan 6, 2021, four years after attempted treason, and Jan 20, 2025 the second inauguration of Trump, the Republican Party eager revisionism, has revised our public memory. What will the consequences be to democracy and the status of truth within United States’ culture? What sticks with me is watching PBS Congressional Correspondent Lisa DesJardins…
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In Re-Electing Trump, Have We Worse than Machiavelii’s “The Prince” as POTUS?
About Harris’ loss to Trump on Nov. 5th, I’d shakily chosen to be optimistic. Vice Pres. Harris declared “I know I’m gonna win. But it’s gonna be close”! This suited me. To ponder during the campaigns the terror, wrath and anxiety of Trump returning to the White House, being that he is vice-ridden, giddily ignorant…
Will Wright: Award-Winning Independent Journalism, Exec Oratory and More... 