By Relying On Unsustainable Measures, We Ignored Both History And Reality In The World’s Most Vulnerable Nation In June, 1918, in a crowded apartment block in the port city of Mumbai, India – then called Bombay – a crackling chorus of coughs echoed through the halls and streets. Several young people had fallen ill withContinue reading “How The World Failed India”
Category Archives: Think Pieces
The Academy Rarely Rewards An Actor Who Has Died
Producers Bet On A Chadwick Boseman Win, And Were Left With Egg On Their Faces I admit there were only two reasons I sat through the #Oscars last weekend. One was to see if Chloe Zhao would become only the second woman to win a Best Director Oscar, which she did, and the second, toContinue reading “The Academy Rarely Rewards An Actor Who Has Died”
The Royal Family Never Misses An Opportunity To Miss An Opportunity
The Windsors Have The Ability And Resources To Adapt To The Modern World, They Just Keeps Refusing To Use Them It all stems from The Abdication. When news over the rift between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal Family shifted our attention from the pandemic for the first time in a whileContinue reading “The Royal Family Never Misses An Opportunity To Miss An Opportunity”
Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Help To Build Our Nation
As A ‘Crisis’ Builds On The Border, Let’s Not Forget A Similar Crisis Is Why We Get To Call America Home Happy St. Patrick’s Day. This week, while you are scarfing down corned beef and cabbage and scoffing at child migrants at the border, remember Annie Moore. Who is/was she? On January 1, 1892, sheContinue reading “Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Help To Build Our Nation”
The “U Mad Bro?” Conundrum
How Can We Hold Accountable Those Who Lack Shame? I’ve talked about my childhood experiences with bullies pretty often on this blog; especially about how it felt like any attempt to battle them proved futile. Ignoring them didn’t work, fighting back didn’t work, even when I “won,” they seemed to only take it as aContinue reading “The “U Mad Bro?” Conundrum”
Nothing About The Public’s Response To The Pandemic Is Surprising
Americans Rarely Dabble In Collectivism. That They Would Do It This Drastically For This Long Was Always A Delusion Social media was all abuzz this weekend by the crowds that packed the streets of Tampa, and later Raymond James Stadium, for Super Bowl LV, where patrons, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis himself, watched the BigContinue reading “Nothing About The Public’s Response To The Pandemic Is Surprising”
My Unpopular Opinion: Social Distancing Contributed To The Capitol
COVID Restrictions Nearly Led Me Down A Dark Path, How Many Others Got Caught In That Trap? Back in August, I published my most popular blog entry on here, about how I nearly got sucked into the QAnon wormhole that clearly millions of other Americans, including at least two members of Congress, have gotten lostContinue reading “My Unpopular Opinion: Social Distancing Contributed To The Capitol”
A Nation Is Liberated From It’s Tormentor. Now What?
He Can’t Hurt Us Anymore, But The Trauma Will Last For A Long Time. Let’s Do Something Good With It He’s gone. He can’t hurt us anymore. Donald Trump is no longer the President of the United States. He is permanently banned from Twitter. He no longer has any power to yield over those heContinue reading “A Nation Is Liberated From It’s Tormentor. Now What?”
I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles
The COVID Disaster Out West Triggered My Pandemic PTSD, And I’ve Lost Trust In The Experts I haven’t slept right since Christmas. I’ve been waking up at odd hours of the night, having nightmares and feeling scared and vulnerable. It feels like March and April again, even though the situation in New York City isContinue reading “I Am Worried About And Scared For Los Angeles”
White Privilege Nearly Toppled The United States Government
No One Except A White-Dominated, Conservative-Aligned Movement Could’ve Gotten This Far I know what you’re probably thinking. You probably had an Andrew Sullivan-type reaction to this headline; an eye-roll; a grunt; a “why does everything have to be about race?” I’m sure you have some reaction in there about how “wokeness” is the problem andContinue reading “White Privilege Nearly Toppled The United States Government”
Nick Rafter Writes 