by Drick Boyd | Jan 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Since November 8, I have found myself in a strange position of benefiting from something I despise. Like many of my acquaintances, my spirits have been depressed by the election of Donald Trump as our next president at a level I have never felt before. In my very...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Egregious immigration policies. State-sanctioned killing of minority boys. Alienation of religious minorities. A leader who abuses power in order to keep his office. Vulnerable families going underground or moving to other countries out of fear. This was the...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like many people, I was shocked and disturbed by the election of Donald Trump on November 8. To be honest, I was mostly outraged that a man of his arrogance could be elected to office, and it only confirmed for me how corrupted our democracy has become. That...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
I write these words on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Like many others, I gathered with family to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We gingerly discussed the election, and our thoughts about the future, but mostly we caught up on our personal and family lives...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I received an email from Charter for Compassion that contained this poem. I think it says it all. the invitation has arrivedto step into our courageand our full humanity from this day forwardthe harm can only unfoldand multiply and spread with our...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
This morning on the day after the presidential election, I find myself caught between grief and confusion. Like so many, I had hoped we had would elect our first female president. Though Hillary Clinton was not without many flaws, her platform and rhetoric...
