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Christmas is the time of year when we’re all supposed to be filled with joy, happiness and goodwill toward our fellow man, including even strangers. But this year, things are little different.  As they say on the street, many people ain’t feeling that. Why? Well, some would say it has a lot to do with […]

Yo blues ain’t like my blues, but if you were disappointed by last month’s election results and are walking around like the Grinch stole your Christmas, don’t despair.  Not even a president-elect that led a campaign centered on stoking racism and misogyny can steal your inner joy. In the classic Grinch tale, the real moral

As the mother of a child with special needs, I go on high alert whenever I perceive any kind of danger to my son. That’s why for me, Donald Trump’s picks for his cabinet are a code red on the threat level chart.  A cabal of ideologues, billionaires and free market capitalist intent on gutting

When I think of the relentless, bare-knuckle approach Republicans take with politics and compare it to the often squishy-soft, Bambi style of the Democrats, I am reminded of the colloquial saying often heard in the lyrics of pop culture music “go gangsta or go home!” Republicans whole-heartedly embrace that sentiment and salivate at the prospect

When I was a child growing up in North St. Louis, my godmother used to say to me “it’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”  Now, looking through old family photos albums, I am reminded how much I learned about the importance of kindness and generosity from my

Thanksgiving dinner is not the time to dismiss Trump voters from the family.  Now more than ever, we need to listen and learn from them while strategizing our comeback. In one of my favorite movies, the “Godfather II,” Michael Corleone famously quipped, “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”  My late mother, Doris K,