I believe that many of those who “held their noses” and voted for Trump believe that he didn’t really mean all of the vile
Author: Frank Kovarik
Ferguson: How I’m going to discuss it in my classroom
Yesterday from 12:15 to about 2:15 in the afternoon, I marched with about a thousand other people from the spot where Mike Brown was
Obama: Calm, cool, and hated for it
Back on August 8, 2012, I published a piece on Occasional Planet in which I pondered the intense hatred that President Barack Obama inspires
Where’s the real Romney?
Remember in 2008 when the process of running for President seemed to drain John McCain of most of the qualities that had once made
Hating Bush vs. Hating Obama
During the administration of George W. Bush, I remember feeling a more or less chronic sense of despair and incredulity at the state my
Disney, Obama and the American dream
Visiting Disney World with my family last week, I took in the show at the Hall of Presidents in the Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square.
When slaves sued for freedom: A city reckons with its past
In Memphis, they’ve turned the hotel where Martin Luther King was murdered into a museum honoring the Civil Rights Movement. Across the South, “Civil
Evil and the garden
The other day I took a bike ride along the Riverfront Trail in St. Louis. The trail runs north from Laclede’s Landing, following the
Racial politics and Obama: A new era?
Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, published in 1965 two issues on “The Negro American.” Some 56 years later,
Obama’s moral understanding vs. Bush’s swagger
Watching the coverage of President Obama’s speech about the killing of Osama bin Laden, I find myself in agreement with various friends (on Facebook