Writings
Donald Trump as Tricky Dick Reincarnated
I’m not the first person to notice the many similarities between Donald Trump and Richard Nixon. And if events in Washington unfold as I think they will, I won’t be the last. Roger Stone, Trump’s friend and author of a book about the 2016 election, makes a strong comparison between the two presidents. There even
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How Queer Is Your Family?
Two lesbians walked into a bar. They ordered drinks and gazed at the bartender intently, with a “let’s make babies” kind of look, a look my brother rarely got from women at a gay bar, but especially not from a lesbian couple. Something queer was going on. These women had sought my brother out. After
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A Response to Jerome Parent’s “Political Parity Goes to College”
In his U.S. Represented article from earlier this week, Jerome Parent discusses recent legislative initiatives in Iowa and North Carolina that would mandate public colleges and universities “only hire conservative Republicans until political balance is achieved.” Parent writes that such hiring practices are “a bad idea” and amount to “affirmative action for conservatives.” I share
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A Black Reader’s Response to “Racism Today, Racism Tomorrow, Racism Forever”
In Jerome Parent’s article “Racism Today, Racism Tomorrow, Racism Forever,” he discusses the idea that racism lives in all of us. It seems the negative connotation of the label “racist” prevents us from evaluating the “racism” in ourselves and its impact on our lives. I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, once known as the Black Wall Street.
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