Firsts Our Pariahs & 6 Degrees of Separation 28 Sep 201528 Sep 2015 I met George Baker (a.k.a. God, according to the FBI) when I was about four years old.This was by courtesy of my father who was one of many unemployed black…
Uncategorized The Pope & Concsience: What happens if we don’t read encyclicals. 26 Sep 2015 A very good man spoke to our congress yesterday,He happens to be the Bishop of Rome.He was not interpreting the word of God ex cathedra.He's not allowed to.But he said…
Uncategorized More Lessons From The Pariahs 25 Sep 201525 Sep 2015 Our speculation that Sgt.Bergdahl was caught between a parentally imbued ideology and the ideology of the gun, turns out to be accurate, although the detailed thought process is disputed.A reissue…
Uncategorized WINE IS A MOCKER,STRONG DRINK IS RAGING… 20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015 The rest of that quote is ...and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.The quote is from the St. James version of the bible. Proverbs 20:1.One of the things that…
Uncategorized BLACK RAGE & DR BEN 20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015 William Grier and Pierce Cobbs provided an expiatory explanation for untoward societal acts on the part of blacks and whites.The explanation was rage.We can then ask (hypothetically) Ben Carson who…
Uncategorized END GAME 18 Sep 2015 William Grier the coauthor of Black Rage (with Pierce Cobbs) died this week at the age of 89.Ed Doctorow(an old classmate )from Bx. Science High) died several weeks ago and…
Uncategorized Analogic Thinking & National Character 14 Sep 2015 Frank Marshall,the WW2 U.S.chess champion for eight consecutive years,was a tall red haired Californian who went east and founded the famous Marshall chess club in N.Y.C.He was a solidly built…
Uncategorized Symbolic Interaction &The U.S.Open 13 Sep 2015 Bill Dwyer's article"Blake,Serena and Race Issue" in the sports section of the August 11th L.A Times, drew a tight circle around Serena's quest for the calendar year grand slam and…
Uncategorized A Foolish Consistency… 11 Sep 201511 Sep 2015 Emerson's dictum to the effect that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little statesmen,philosophers and diviners."may be critical to the selection of an appropriate presidential…
Uncategorized Sixteen Men and One Woman… 5 Sep 2015 The dead man whose chest the republican candidates are sitting on has been identified.It is our old friend Dick Cheney ,a.k.a.Darth Vader.Dearth might be more appropriate for lack of perspective,humility,and…
The Octogenarians 