"Love of God, Overflow, Permeate all my Soul"
I remember being in the middle of the seat in the middle row of a 16-passenger van. My Clemson University club baseball team and I were traveling out of town for our baseball game against another college. It was my freshman year and, let me add, I was no longer in that South Atlanta hip-hop... Continue Reading →
What makes for a good leader? Michael Jordan, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII, Harry Potter, Miranda Priestly, Harriet Tubman, Neil Armstrong, Winston Churchill, Steve Jobs, military officers, small group leaders, Mom, Dad, and Jesus Christ are names in varied domains of society that have represented leadership to us throughout history. There is something within us that... Continue Reading →
Something we consistently see throughout history is the power of language. Language gives civilizations tools for flourishing. Language builds friendships, gets politicians elected, and can build unity around similar goals. On the other hand, language can end friendships, start wars, and revise history. In short, for good or for bad, language is a tool to... Continue Reading →
War is a interesting phenomenon that has been inescapable since the beginning of time. Today we live in an American society that is increasingly at war with itself. On the other hand, the military is different. In combat, soldiers ignore differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon. They realize that in order to... Continue Reading →
One of the biggest stories during the first half of 2019 was that of Jussie Smollett. The gay, black actor who claimed that he was physically beaten in Chicago at 2:00am by two white, MAGA men in subzero degree temperatures. Before his claim was proven false Jussie made country-wide headlines of immediate support and outcry... Continue Reading →
A dear friend recently asked me a question: "Which gender do I befriend easier, men or women?" Now my weird brain generally works in a way for me to generally answer questions quite quickly. This time, however, before I uttered the answer that first came to mind, for some peculiar reason I stopped myself in... Continue Reading →
A very long time ago, in 1997, there was an excellent Disney TV show called Smart Guy. In the show a genius little boy, 10 year old T.J. Henderson, transfers from 4th grade up to high school. In one of the episodes T.J. faces off against an undefeated computer in a chess tournament for the... Continue Reading →
Group identity politics is an idea used over the past 30 years to try to defeat social injustice. In this post I will attempt to test rather it is specifically effective for minorities. Before doing so, the concept must be properly defined: Group identity politics is based on political positions focusing to divide people in society into... Continue Reading →
A Fun & Outgoing Introvert 