Jul 17

Innovation Ain’t Necessarily Progress

… And newer ain’t necessarily better — It may seem like it after you’ve read the next couple of paragraphs, but this article isn’t about Quincy Jones the brilliant record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger and film and television producer. …

8 min read

Jul 12

You’re playing word games.

You’re playing word games. When a group of people is described with only pejoratives; when their motives and actions and characters are only described as negatives; when they are portrayed as bad with no redeeming or mitigating qualities, the person doing all that is HATING on them. Call it whatever…

1 min read

Jul 10

Whatever Happened to Evil?

There are bad people. There are bad things. There are bad people who do bad things. — It seems to me that something is missing from almost every discussion about any serious current topics that I hear of, or participate in these days. For some reason it just doesn’t seem to be considered as cool or appropriate or smart or something, to acknowledge the existence of evil…

6 min read

Jul 8

What I think About the Brittney Griner Russian Detainment

It has stirred up a lot of issues — She’s been in a Russian prison since February 17, 2022 when she was arrested by Russian law enforcement at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow for possession of a vape cartridge or cartridges containing cannabis oil. Russian prisons are notoriously horrible. …

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What I think About the Brittney Griner Russian Detainment

Jun 20

Both Sides and Trevor Noah

If you don’t stand for something… — …you’ll fall for anything. At least that’s how the old saying goes. I’m not saying that Trevor Noah will fall for anything. But there is definitely at least one issue that he’s decided he’s going to ride the fence on… and it bothers me. …

5 min read

Jun 9

The 1/6 Committee Hearings

What Do They Mean? Will They Teach Us Anything? What Will They Accomplish? What do you Expect? — So, the much-heralded 1/6 Committee Hearings are finally upon us. Some people think it’s just another meaningless display of activity from our lawmakers, trying to portray a governmental body that is engaged and active. Some people have been hotly anticipating these hearings, looking at them as a chance to really…

2 min read

May 31

Nigger Was NOT One of Carlin’s “Seven Words”

Let me tell you what I think about that — I just watched the two-part documentary on HBO Max called George Carlin’s American Dream. I was almost going to pass on the documentary. Although George Carlin’s comedy was an indelible part of my teenage and young adult years, I kind of felt like I knew everything about him anyone needed…

4 min read

May 24

Karine Jean-Pierre is Not a Good Press Secretary

I almost didn’t say anything, because she’s black like me — Since Karine Jean-Pierre was announced as the new WH Press Secretary, and now that she’s done her first press conference, I’ve watched the discussions going on about her with great interest. People seem to either love or hate the idea of her taking the job, with very little neutral ground…

5 min read

Apr 27

You’re Not Popular, So Shut The Hell Up

If Popular=Good, Does Unpopular=Bad? — Evidently, millions of people think Kanye West is a genius. Now, if you press them on the credibility of that claim, they’ll back up and qualify it by saying “I mean he’s a creative genius… he’s a genius with his lyrics.” A thing being popular — liked by a lot…

4 min read

Apr 20

I Like it When

A Poem —

1 min read

Innovation Ain’t Necessarily Progress

You’re playing word games.

Whatever Happened to Evil?

What I think About the Brittney Griner Russian Detainment

Both Sides and Trevor Noah

The 1/6 Committee Hearings

Nigger Was NOT One of Carlin’s “Seven Words”

Karine Jean-Pierre is Not a Good Press Secretary

You’re Not Popular, So Shut The Hell Up

I Like it When

I Like it When

A Poem

Jan Blount