Drick Boyd's Blog
Standing Strong #2: DEI, Democracy, and the Authoritarian Threat
In essence the Trump regime is attacking all areas of human rights and freedom that challenge its ability to dictate and control all aspects of civic life in the United States.
Standing Strong in Undemocratic Times: Surviving a Second Nadir
Introduction In April of this year I had the opportunity to hear a speech by Dr. James Banks, a pre-eminent professor of multicultural education. In response to Trump administration’s attack on a subject matter to which he has dedicated his career, Dr. Banks shared...
Not Just About Oil
This coming Saturday, March 21, there will be marches against the war across the country. If our leaders won’t act, we must compel them to do so. We will not be victims of the president’s delusions.
A Letter to My Senator About ICE in Minnesota
By their ferocious behavior the members of ICE all too often show that they either do not know or do not care about those protocols within which they must do their jobs. Many people are suffering, and a few are dying because their behavior is in many cases, illegal and certainly unethical,
To the ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross, we know your name and your game.
Guns, Prayer and Action
If we are not willing to act when and where we can in answer to our own prayer, we best not waste our time hypocritically saying we care and we will pray. That is where the Australian leaders acted accordingly, and the U.S. leaders failed miserably.
Christian Nationalism, Puritans and Me
For the last few weeks I have been leading discussions on Christian Nationalism in my church’s Adult Sunday School Class. Some of the topics we have discussed are: What exactly is Christian Nationalism (CN)? Is the U.S. a Christian Nation? Is CN inherently racist?...
Revolution Rising
Revolution Rising Included in the November 2025 issue of The Atlantic magazine is an essay written by New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks. A similar essay in the NYT appeared shortly before the November Atlantic was published. The essay is entitled “The...
To Be An Enemy
Timothy Snyder points out, “Dissidents of the twentieth century, whether they were resisting fascism or communism, were called extremists.” Today, Trump calls them terrorists, radicals, and enemies.
Getting Ready for the Invasion
A month has passed since I last posted about how we are to respond to the aggressive actions being taken by the Federal government against people and organizations that disagree with and challenge the America he is trying to create. In that blog, I focused on Timothy...
The Charlie Kirk Effect
Let me begin by saying that even though I disagree with Charlie Kirk’s stance on several issues, I find no joy or satisfaction in his death by assassination. I also recognize that for many people working in the Trump administration, including the president himself,...
Be Calm When the Unthinkable Happens
Note: This is the third in a series of messages based on the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder The Quaking of America Resmaa Menakem is best known for his 2017 book, My Grandmother’s Hands. The subtitle of the book...
On Tyranny Lesson #10 – Believe in Truth
People of faith, integrity, principle, and a commitment to the truth must not give into The Big Lie coming out of Washington.
Do Not Obey In Advance
Insights from Historian Timothy Snyder In 2017, during the first term of President Donald Trump, historian Timothy Snyder published a little book entitled On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Snyder’s specialty area is the history of Nazi Germany,...
What Now? Looking Into the Fog
Right now, all we see is a dense fog, but behind that fog is a future. We can’t give up.