Category Opinion

Help Wanted

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] There are a lot of “Help Wanted” signs posted around Levittown. For this solidly blue-collar area that we live in, I wondered why. I think the answers may have roots… Continue Reading →

On Race and Racism – Revisited

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I find the concept of race confusing. We tend to sort ourselves into categories of human beings based on traits that have little to do with characteristics we consider to… Continue Reading →

Gerrymandering

Our registration as voters should only include the affiliation ‘Citizen’.

A Small Life

Leading a small life, a good life, can create ripples that pass beyond the horizon.

When Does Reason Dawn?

The human potential has barely been probed, but the barriers that exist between men have long delayed our development and evolution.

Aspirations

Evolution of man is often in doubt; history is littered with remnants of high ideals buried in the sand.

On Presidential Immunity

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I was surprised to learn that investigation of potential wrongdoing by the President was constrained, not by law, but by a memo. So many people, lawyers, prosecutors, politicians, and pundits… Continue Reading →

Acolyte

He watched from a distance on the tarmac as a light rain began to fall. A protector raised an umbrella to shelter the candidate’s coiffed hair as he rambled. Faces in the crowd were rapt by every word while others… Continue Reading →

Musings On Issues Of Citizenship

On occasion, I am motivated to write. Subjects vary but increasingly over the last few years I have written about social and political observations. I’ve assembled this collection of essays, some of which have been previously published, that are focused… Continue Reading →

On Race and Politics

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I live in Levittown Pennsylvania a suburb of Philadelphia built in the 1950s. The creation of this community was considered a marvel at the time but in its early years… Continue Reading →

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