Inside from the Inside

The clouds had shifted their priorities, waltzing in numbers toward a distant horizon. The Sun’s intent fluttered (its shadow) among them. Songs of silence filled the air. Chill strutted his stuff. “Excuse me, Sir. I was asked to deliver this.” Glancing at it then folding it again, he tucked it halfway among the ambered pages. [...]

Read Full Post »

“Bet that went over well.” He continued writing. Words invisible at pen’s tip emerged in its wake. He abruptly ceased.  A quiet forceful sigh emerged. Pen settled, he closed the pages thus revealing Palubian leather covering the Bogandora. Gold words inlaid the upper front cover.  Translated, they read ………………Gifted by The Ancient Elder of the [...]

Read Full Post »

Few phrases bring apoplectic rage to the free market loving social contract averse than “redistribution of wealth”. How dare some bleeding heart  take from me and give to those undeserving, too lazy to earn their own. But there is an unacknowledged piece of this distribution equation. Every time we open our wallets we are redistributing [...]

Read Full Post »

..“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all ..our exploring will be to arrive where we started… and ..know the place for the first time.” ………………………………………….~ T.S. Eliot . . . ……………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………… “Love is metaphysical gravity.”                 ~Buckminster Fuller ……………………………………………………………………………… “All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is [...]

Read Full Post »

Hey, folks.  This is my last post at Inside from the Inside.  Thanks for checking in once in a while, for joining the conversation, and for your grace. Thinking out loud is hard on most topics, but this one especially. You’ve been extraordinarily kind in your comments. I was hesitant to sign up for this [...]

Read Full Post »

This is what now substitutes for substantive criticism on the right.  Brilliant. What has happened to the Republican party? Context here. …

Read Full Post »

Preach it, Rush: In Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering, ‘Yay, right on, right on, right on, right on… I wonder if Obama’s going to come to come to the defense of the assailants the way he did his friend Skip Gates up there at Harvard. If [...]

Read Full Post »

I don’t know how many more posts I’ll write here. For a variety of reasons, this blog on race seems to be dying a slow death. It’s a hard topic… maybe harder than you’d think. Yes, there are easy targets. Rush Limbaugh cooking up a conspiracy that has President Obama sneaking reparations past us all [...]

Read Full Post »

September is Latino heritage month.  CNN is launching Latino in America with editorial content similar to the series, Black in America.  I may not have the eight most popular last name of, “Garcia” but I qualify to tell you what it’s like to be Latino. 

Read Full Post »

Does anyone think these people would have kept a white president from speaking to their precious children? May their fear and venom rot what passes for their brains so that they will stumble, drooling, into the dustbin of history.

Read Full Post »