Judgment Day is Near

As I write this, the sun has just risen on the final week of the 2016 election and, strangely enough, there has not been a genuine effort on the part of some to break away and create their own Trumpocracy. That is not to say that such a movement will not develop in the near […]

Fact Check – Senate Edition

Researchers, journalists and political wonks have been very busy this election when it comes to the subject of fact checking. Of course the main focus has been looking into the claims and accusations of the most visible figures on the national stage, but there has been plenty of work to be done further down the […]

Civil Disobedience and Its Detractors

The ongoing events in Charlotte, North Carolina again bring to the public’s attention the strange tension at work in this country when it comes to the notion of civil disobedience. On the one hand we have a nation whose very existence is a testament to the power of action in the face of traditional authority. Ours […]

White Guilt and the Meaning of Racism

What do we mean when we talk about racism? Is it the wholesale enslavement of Africans and the subsequent segregation and imprisonment of their progeny? Is it the false reality in which white Americans insulate themselves that allows state-sanctioned murders to play out on police cameras while we cover our ears and say to ourselves […]

We Still Haven’t Heard the Punchline

North Carolina’s lawmakers, governor and a not insignificant portion of its citizens remain steadfast and determined to protect the state’s infamous Session Law 2016-3, more commonly known as HB2, popularly known as the “Bathroom Bill”. The national criticism and international condemnation has only now begun to move Republican members of the General Assembly to distance themselves […]