by Drick Boyd | Oct 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
John McCain is in a tough position. Some of his supporters may be supporting him for reasons that are totally out of character with the candidate himself. McCain, a man who loves the United States and has often appealed to what he sees as the best in American ideals,...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
As I write this piece, the Philadelphia Phillies lead the LA Dodgers 2-0 in the National League Championship Series (NLCS). Full disclosure: I am a fair-weather fan riding the bandwagon. Two months ago I could not have named half of the Phillies’ starting players, and...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
The vice-presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden on October 2 was very interesting on many levels, but they each said something I hadn’t heard in all the talk around the $700 billion bailout, buyout, rescue (or whatever we want to call it) plan being...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tim Wise, author of White Like Me, and well known speaker on white privilege recently applied his thoughts to the current media treatment of Sarah Palin. You can read his comments here. Wise’s tone is strong and a bit acerbic, which is why I hesitate to post it....
by Drick Boyd | Sep 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
We in the United States tend to focus solely on events within our own borders. We are known for being rather ignorant of what the rest of the world thinks about, even when they are thinking about us. Recently, I read this report of a pair of lectures presented at...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
As I have witnessed the financial meltdown on Wall Street over these past 10 days and the subsequent response of the government to this crisis, I have had a number of thoughts and questions, many of which are shared by millions of observers. Will the executives of...
