by Drick Boyd | Feb 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
A couple of weeks ago I posted a response to Florida Governor Desantis’ action forbidding the teaching of an AP course in African American Studies in public high schools. At this Ink is a more detailed and critical response to the action by Gov. Desantis signed...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
On Monday, January 23, just one week after commemorating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that his administration would not allow public schools in his state to offer the Advanced Placement course in African...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Across the country, Republicans have decided to make “Law-and-Order” an issue they are pushing in the upcoming mid-term elections. In Pennsylvania and states across the country, Republican candidates are making the claim that their Democratic opponents are “soft and...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 15, 2022 | Featured, Uncategorized
Victor Orban at the CPAC Meeting Earlier this month, Hungarian President Victor Orban was the featured speaker at a meeting of CPAC – The Conservative Political Action Coalition – whose website claims to be “the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
As I sat in the Chicago O’Hare Airport awaiting my flight back to Philadelphia, I heard a faint lyrical sound over the din and chaos of the crowded terminal. I picked up my bags and I walked toward the sound. As I got closer, I could tell it was the sound of a piano,...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
A Sermon Before Desert Storm In January 1991, I was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Winona, MN. Early in that month President George H.W. Bush announced that the U.S. military would be deployed to the country of Kuwait, which had been invaded by Iraq, its...
