April 12, 1963 Birmingham, Alabama Rev. Martin Luther King is in solitary confinement. He has just finished writing what was to become the famous “Letter from the Birmingham Jail”. He reflects on how he will never give into the dark forces of violence. His inner strength is his ...
“The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed.” – Simone de Beauvoir We saw a vivid manifestation of this observation from the 1940s for a few hours on January 6th, 2021. Amassed on one side of the big Plexiglas shield were people from all ...
Ledge Street Elementary is a school of opportunity. It has 450 intelligent and emotionally-resilient children. It has 70 staff members who excel at relationship-building and have unwavering faith in the children they instruct within Ledge classrooms. It has parents who view the school as their ...
“He shoots, he scores!” If you’ve ever wanted to see a hockey game from the comfort of your hotel room, you should book where we’ve been staying since late December and open your room door. For those who may find themselves in an extended stay hotel someday, let me offer a few helpful ...
Remembering when things we bought could be repaired and were built to last I recently read a story focused on the younger generation and how many are blaming baby boomers for the environmental disaster we now face. Boomers, like everyone else, certainly contributed to the problem, but back in ...
It’s no secret that America is dangerously divided right now. But there is a broad area of agreement: polls conducted by a range of polling firms throughout 2021 show around 70% of us, both pre- and post-election, believe that America is “on the wrong track,” and that the federal ...
