by Drick Boyd | Apr 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
(On this day, 49 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN. He died working a just and equitable society, This reflection is dedicated to his memory)For several weeks now, I have been wondering how progressive activists like myself can be...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
History, despite its wrenching painCannot be unlived, but if facedWith courage, need not be lived again(Maya Angelou –“Pulse of the Morning”)This past week, my wife and I made a trip to Washington, DC to visit the African- American History Museum, which opened just...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
A lot of folks on the political left have been throwing around the F-word when referring to our 45th president. Except for knowing that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (pictured above) identified proudly as a Fascist, led his country in World War II to inglorious...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall…..So begins Robert Frost’s famous poem “Mending Wall,” which describes his annual sojourn with his neighbor along their property line, replacing stones in the wall that separates them. Fall hunters, wild animals, and winter...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
I write these words the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, the day of the Women’s March in Washington, DC and cities across the nation. Circumstances do not allow me to participate, but my prayers and thoughts are...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I was inspired by a former student of mine who lives in Minneapolis, MN and bikes around the city throughout the year. Once I visited her on a cold March day when the temperature was in the teens and the wind chill was below zero. I asked her if she...
