December 2020 – A Cup of Black Coffee

Reparations? Hell Yeah!

In a conversation with a dear friend, we discovered that we both now support reparations! Both of us had been against the idea. Not because we didn’t believe they were deserved, or that we didn’t believe in the righteousness of reparations. We believed that as much as they are deserved, it just wouldn’t happen andContinue reading “Reparations? Hell Yeah!”

Merry Christmas!

LUKE 2:1-14 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went upContinue reading “Merry Christmas!”

ESPRESSO

Chadwick Boseman “Sometimes your grades don’t give a great indication of what your greatness might be.”

What’s Good for the Goose is a ‘Shibboleth’

So along with the upcoming Senatorial run-off election coming up in January and the concomitant Republican Civil War…there are the usual GOP Hypocrisy Trials – a total game within itself. Now before anyone says it: yes I know Democrats can be hypocritical, but it’s Republican’s who are steering that ship for now. Madison Cawthorn, aContinue reading “What’s Good for the Goose is a ‘Shibboleth’”

Black vs. Blue = Us vs. Them?

These are all good friends of mine. They are earnest clergymen, with a heart to do what’s right. These are South Dallas pastors who came together to call a press conference. The focus of the presser was for better, more extensive training for police officers, decry the violent crime – the skyrocketing murder rate –Continue reading “Black vs. Blue = Us vs. Them?”

Trust but Verify…and Take the Vaccine

Let me make sure that I start this post of right: I believe the highly anticipated coronavirus vaccine, should be welcomed, should be available to EVERY American and should be taken by EVERY American. For the first time in human history, a vaccine has been developed to stop a pandemic that has set this nationContinue reading “Trust but Verify…and Take the Vaccine”