I have been spending lots of time at church during the week. I took to looking askance at two particular neighborhood teens who...

☺ PLEASE DONATE! ☺ (You can click here.) I am facing urgent, drastic changes.  To find new housing, I may wind up in a distant...

That’s the law. Accordingly, this speech I just heard a mother direct to her one-year old: “Shut the fuck up.  Yo’ little punk ass always...

Bookmarks: Names in the news • Markese Reese, Marqua Wilson • ———— ♦ ———— Names in the news Related: What’s in a name? Related: Choose...

I have just launched a Go Fund Me, and put a link to it in the menu bar here above. This one: Donate At the risk of engaging in TMI:...

Bookmarks: No safe space for little boys • Bobby Brown must be joking. • Republicans aren’t all bad. ———— ♦ ———— The Beginning Of ‘Two...

A new thread at Messiah Truth . This is most emphatically not Jewish teaching.  I expect it correctly to be condemned as not-Jewish.  I...

Bookmarks: Cultural appropriation • Space travel reverses aging • Atheist prayer • Bells, bells, bells ———— ♦ ———— Political...

Several posts are in the pipeline, and will appear on their scheduled dates. Otherwise, however, I must suspend all Net activity,...

White Americans are nearly as blind to their racism as ever before An orthodoxy is a system of ideas that adherents insist one must...

When I hang out at Dunkin’ Donuts in the morning, I have a prescribed spot, in a corner, by the door. This morning this woman came in...

#Mentalillness #Prisons

6 ways allies still marginalize people of color — and what to do instead It’s common for allies to tell people of color, “I don’t see...

Mich. newborn found frozen at recycling plant was mother’s ‘dirty little secret,’ prosecutor says I have no issues with abortion. I do...

Prosperity belongs not to the righteous, but the wise. In the days immediately following the initial mistrial of Baltimore Police Officer...

For a long time, I have balked at seeking transitional housing, mainly for two reasons:  (1) There must be a thousand buildings in...

As of March 7, I will have been homeless five years. This morning I took first concrete steps to get myself into transitional housing....

Raheem sacrificed his life to destroy the “Wall of Fame.” It worked. Was it worth it? Related:  “Do the Right Thing,” part 2 Reblogged...

I only this week became aware of this. Wikipedia:  FOSB The article is extremely technical, but makes clear in no uncertain terms that...

Bookmarks: Carter Scott • A “loser” Pope? • A troll speaks at Rutgers ———— ♦ ———— Three men convicted in fatal shooting of toddler in...