Inside from the Inside

This past month we memorialized the fortieth anniversary of Woodstock.  It was an idealistic generation full of optimism and very anti establishment.  They courageously stood up and defended their principles against causes they were passionate about, such as Vietnam.  This hippie flower children generation has made profound changes for the better in our times. They [...]

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My ex senator, fallen narcissist John Edwards, contended ad nauseum that there are two Americas. I contend there are three.  There is the America consisting of those people who are capable of independent thought, for whom the truth is more important than ideology. There is the America consisting of those who actually own and control [...]

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A mere seven days ago The Beer Summit brought us two grown people squaring off mano a mano to resolve an explosive racial issue.  It seems like the fire has been put out for the time being.  Is this a great country or what?  Today sixty eight senators voted to seat a “wise Latina” as [...]

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Being a beer lover I was pleased to hear of “The Beer Summit” being the theater where we can sing Kumbaya or not.  This divisive topic about the arrest of professor Gates can be a valuable lesson if we grab it.  What are the lessons we can learn?  This is my list. 1. Racism is still a [...]

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If you took Dave Chappelle, Dr. Ruth, Dr. Phil, Noam Chomsky, William Prescott and mixed them all together you would get Gustavo Arellano.  He has been labeled by some Mexicans on one end of the spectrum as a Vendido (sell out) and by others a  quintessential  intelligent articulate writer and every thing in between.

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This past week driving down a main street of the community I live in, I came upon a garage sale in front of a business.  I have always been fascinated by looking at people’s possessions when they reach their end at estate sales or in this case the business closing.  As I scanned the items on [...]

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The other day I was surfing through some websites reviewing some sites for client work and I came upon the YWCA website for Greenwich, CT.

Now, if you’ve ever been to Greenwich, CT, you’d know that it’s not the most racially or ethnically diverse place in the world. ‘Nuff said?
So, I was shocked amazed interested to see this verbiage at the top, left-hand side of the web page:

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This is an exceedingly simple story. Yet from the first time I heard it, I sensed there was something very tender about it. The woman on the left is Tracie. She was my boss for over six years, until I was laid off recently. The man on the right is her co-worker, Mike. The story [...]

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Fellow blog author Tom Worth has read most, if not all, of our posts. Here’s an observation from one of his eye-catching posts: “I’ve read Lisa in complete agreement, and I’ve also thought she’s nuts.  Oz, when I get him, I feel like I REALLY get him; problem is, I’m not sure if I’m getting [...]

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Okay, I agree. The title of this post is a terrible pun. But what can you do but laugh at the ignorance exhibited by Texas Republican official Betty Brown? The problem isn’t her confusion over the transliteration of Chinese names. The problem is that she refers to Chinese Americans as “your citizens” when speaking to [...]

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