When I heard that my mom’s 88-year-old friend passed away last week, I decided to write out some feelings to process the thoughts. I then sent it to her surviving son and he will now read it at the funeral. I haven’t seen this person in about 20 years, so…

I appreciate your response. I do want to eliminate voter suppression and I fought against it by working in Georgia and North carolina for 8 weeks during election cycles. Systematic racism sure. Police reform has been reversed to some extent in some places like Minneapolis. I'm not sure why society…

This is a response to this article: The Indoctrination of White People | by William Spivey | AfroSapiophile | Aug, 2023 | Medium I want to preface this by saying that there are a lot of writings I admire of yours, and I appreciate when you do add something to…

Top Shows of 2023 Pt II: Reviews of Poker Face, Schmigadoon, Class of 07, American Auto, Party Down — YouTubeTop Shows of 2023 Pt II: Reviews of Poker Face, Schmigadoon, Class of 07, American Auto, Party Down Part II of my series on reviewing the best of 2023 to date…

Honestly, I’ve never felt a need to root for either US soccer team. If I’ve watched enough Good Place, I think it’s utilitarian ethics (right or wrong being dependent on doing the most good for the most people) at play here: For the men’s team, we don’t care about Soccer…

With the writer’s strike dragging on into its fourth month, the late-night landscape and the future of television might have hit a snag. At the same time, TV has always been a great opportunity to escape the present. The doomsday scenario of no new content is still away, so let’s…

There has been so much buzz about Barbie and Sound of Freedom that has veered into upsetting political territory in these polarizing times. Since people know that I post about movies and politics often, I’ve had at least three people ask me my opinions. I haven’t had the time to…

I’ve only seen about 23 movies so far so the first few movies on this list aren’t even ones I regret seeing. I’d probably draw the line at No Hard Feelings but I reviewed everything (see my other post of the top films I’d seen though I wrote it before…

Patriotism is necessary, but it needs to be tempered with perspective. — When I transferred colleges from a liberal arts college to a larger state school I noticed an odd brand of school spirit. The school was something like the 4th best public institution in the state of Virginia, yet the students at this school insisted they were ‘The University of Virginia’…