Wiley Reconsidered
A Response to the Toledo Art Museum Retrospective My first encounter with the work of artist Kehinde Wiley was in 2006, when the Columbus Museum of Art commissioned his first significant museum show. At...
Category: Social Issues
Impeachment Time: Why We Can’t Wait
Whether or not it was illegal, Donald Trump’s volunteering of top secret intelligence to the spymaster of a hostile government was a clear violation of his oath of office. For a top government official...
Saving America’s Democracy
“If deliberate, it would be treason.” – Elliot Cohen Update: As of 5/15/17, multiple credible sources are reporting that Trump volunteered top secret information to a Russian spymaster, endangering a critical American source of...
Jordan Edwards: This Life Mattered
The story, in general outline, has been so oft repeated it’s easy to dismiss or overlook: Unarmed black teenager shot and killed by police officer. The facts and images in this particular case make...
Some of my best friends are Blackish
In the course of any cross-cultural relationship, there comes an inevitable crisis point, where actual cultural differences and differences in experience become significant. This crisis point can be particularly acute when there are underlying...
2018: Moral / Victory
The utility of having an American presidential administration that unites a astonishingly wide spectrum of vices –on a scale ranging from high crimes to misdemeanors, and in genres including xenophobia, crudeness, venality and basic...
Allegiance
You may not have heard of the recent Broadway musical Allegiance. You might not even have heard of the real, and newly relevant historical event it was based on, the forced internment of Japanese...
When They Go Low…
Even though there are clearly dark days for America ahead, I’m encouraged that there are people standing up for peace, unity, non-violence and a cultured and civil society. I’ll be collecting examples here, and...
The Trouble with Tarantino
The trouble with Quentin Tarantino, an unquestionably brilliant and iconoclastic director, is that there’s often a regressive undertone to his superficially progressive imagery. A self-proclaimed champion of the underdog, his brand of empowerment rarely...
The End of Racism and Sexism
Retrieved from Googlepedia May 5th, 2042 When Donald J. Trump was elected, 26 years ago, even his most ardent supporters didn’t anticipate the dawn of a new, post-racist, post-sexist society. After all, in electing...
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