” The Problem of Procedural Injustice.”
Posted in America, Democracy, Leadership, Moral Courage, Public Servants
The crises now facing American Liberal Democracy may have as much to do with the denial of procedural justice by politicians as it does the aversion of distributive justice for everyday Americans through failed political processes, corrupt political leaders and a broken political system. Such grievous injustices have been evidenced most recently by the refusal […]
The Hero Will Be Missed.
Posted in America, Democracy, Leadership, Moral Courage
In these solemn hours and days in our country—we still hope, work and believe that bright burnished days will be our future—the examples of true heroic men and women of strong moral courage and good moral character who are true public servants who love their country, have sacrificed tremendously for it and with all their […]
Long Live Her Majesty Queen of Soul!
Posted in America, Articles, Great Souls, The African American Church, The Power of Soul Music, Those Great and Gifted Women
As a proud native Detroiter, I have always been exceptionally fond of the Motor City and the extraordinary talent it has produced. Detroit has always been a cultural mecca for food ways and folkways, for music particularly Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Rock and Roll, Classical and other forms of music. It has also been […]
“Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain!”
Posted in America, Articles, Democracy, Laughing Out Loud
Throughout human history there always have been great men and women behind the curtains of destiny fiddling and fumbling with the levers of ultimate and absolute power. Sometimes such persons are known to the public. Other times they are just simply underground and can never be known. We do know that such supreme power exists […]
“The Anatomy of Political Destructiveness”
Posted in America, Articles, Democracy, Moral Courage
The struggle for true and complete freedom in America must be understood within the framework of our American Representative Democracy which now more than ever is still worth preserving, upholding and defending. It is precisely within the context of our Constitutional Democratic Republic and the ethos it has nurtured and developed that we grasp the […]
“Fighting Fire With Waters.”
Posted in America, Articles, Democracy, Leadership
Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, Representative Maxine Waters has been one of his most strident and vocal critics. She has not minced her words nor left to chance what she thinks about inveterate Republicans and the President destroying and bankrupting the United States of America with their “one-party-all-or- nothing politics” and the culture […]
More Quotable Quotes on Power
Posted in America, Democracy, Diversity, Equality, Power
“You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.”—Michelle Obama “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system […]
Welcome To Hassmania!
Posted in Articles, Democracy, Diversity, Equality, Leadership
Located in the lower rungs of the upper bowels of the tighter enclosures of the boroughs of HASSBEN lies the kingdom of HASSMANIA—-once a shining, shimmering city on a hill— now being bum rushed and dip flipped by the tribal Curmudgeons, Ziggabytes, Wallopdytes, Troglodytes and Mythomaniacs and other minor schools of the rapscallion sectors of […]
Local Pastors, Leaders And People As Rights Activists and Advocates
Posted in African American Communities, America, Compassion, Great Souls, Leadership, Social Justice
Recently I had the good fortunate to join in discussions about why many Christian pastors are not more strident civil rights activists and advocates. Why aren’t more pastors more actively involved in civil and human rights advocacy locally and nationally? Why don’t pastors preach more sermons on political, social and economic issues to their congregations? […]
“Despite How You Have Been Sometimes Mistreated, Your Country Has Not Quit You So Be Careful Not To Quit Your Country!
Posted in Compassion, Democracy, Diversity, Economics, Equality, Leadership, Race Relations
Much criticism and cynicism flourish these days about where America is truly headed. Some have given up all hope that America will ever become in reality what it professes to be as a nation on paper. The Three Great Documents of Freedom remain the cornerstones of our nation which began as a people centered Democracy […]
