A brief primer on what white privilege is — and isn’t When I first saw the term “white privilege” being used commonly in discussions on…
The definition of an extraordinary woman
She was confirmed. You know deep down she deserved confirmation. Ketanji Brown Jackson is, after all, a woman of great professionalism, accomplishment and dignity. She…
The dirty meme
When I was a kid, my father was a police officer in a large Southern California city. In the turmoil of the 1960s, law enforcement…
“I will fucking shoot you!”
They were little paper turkeys, “thankful turkeys” they were called. You know the type of kids’ craft: turkeys cut and colored from outlines of human…
A letter to Jussie Smollett
It must’ve sounded good at the time. I mean, even though you probably thought it through, you didn’t think it through well enough — your…
Rittenhouse IV: “Praise Jesus!”
“Praise Jesus!” That’s what the Facebook post said. It wasn’t just one post either — I saw several identical posts in reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse…
Rittenhouse III: Already a martyr
NBC News ran an editorial today stating that Kyle Rittenhouse will become a right-wing martyr if he’s convicted. NBC News is wrong: Rittenhouse is already…
Rittenhouse II: Rights have responsibilities
Kyle Rittenhouse had the right to take up arms. He had the right to bear them to Kenosha. He had the right to join the…
Rittenhouse I: A false patriot
If I needed an example of the cartoonish absurdity to which many hard-line conservatives have descended, perhaps no better examples exist than the effusive endorsements…
Changing the face of policing
Darian Greene wants to be a cop. With the abundance of action movies and television shows focused on law enforcement, Darian’s curiosity isn’t surprising. At…