Posts Tagged: art

RIP RFK The Day Hope Died

Robert F. Kennedy represented hope. But on June 6, 1968, a nation was left once more to watch and grieve and wonder after another senseless act of violence robbed us of that hope. The GE alarm clock in my bedroom

RIP RFK The Day Hope Died

Robert F. Kennedy represented hope. But on June 6, 1968, a nation was left once more to watch and grieve and wonder after another senseless act of violence robbed us of that hope. The GE alarm clock in my bedroom

An Off Color Remark – White Like Me

  On the same sunny Sunday that thousands of my fellow citizens gathered on the National Mall for a day-long event to “rededicate” America to Christianity, thus leaving millions of non-Christians like me out in the cold, I was told

An Off Color Remark – White Like Me

  On the same sunny Sunday that thousands of my fellow citizens gathered on the National Mall for a day-long event to “rededicate” America to Christianity, thus leaving millions of non-Christians like me out in the cold, I was told

Watch-American Diversity Whitewash

  Make America Great Again or Make America White Again? That is the question I ask in my short, but timely video “American Diversity Whitewash” that takes apart the fake image of diversity sold to Americans for decades and how

Watch-American Diversity Whitewash

  Make America Great Again or Make America White Again? That is the question I ask in my short, but timely video “American Diversity Whitewash” that takes apart the fake image of diversity sold to Americans for decades and how

Sleep Away Camp 1969

In the late 1960’s, a world before screens and social media made sexual content just a click away, a pre-teen like myself learned the facts of life at summer sleep-away camp. Late at night, when the lights went out, the

Sleep Away Camp 1969

In the late 1960’s, a world before screens and social media made sexual content just a click away, a pre-teen like myself learned the facts of life at summer sleep-away camp. Late at night, when the lights went out, the

I Tried the ChatGPT Caricature Trend. Here’s What I Found

  I hate trends almost as much as I hate AI. Yet something about the Chat GPT Caricature challenge, the first real online fad of 2026, intrigued me. All over social media, people were posting colorful, cartoonish caricatures of themselves.

I Tried the ChatGPT Caricature Trend. Here’s What I Found

  I hate trends almost as much as I hate AI. Yet something about the Chat GPT Caricature challenge, the first real online fad of 2026, intrigued me. All over social media, people were posting colorful, cartoonish caricatures of themselves.

Art Lost and Found

When I was packing up my parents’ house after my father died, I was stunned at all the art of mine that my mother had saved for over 60 years. Hundreds and hundreds of my childhood drawings, paintings, and handmade

Art Lost and Found

When I was packing up my parents’ house after my father died, I was stunned at all the art of mine that my mother had saved for over 60 years. Hundreds and hundreds of my childhood drawings, paintings, and handmade

Trumps Sick War Against Women Reporters

Donald Trump has often boasted, “No one respects women more than me.” Says the convicted sex felon who has been on a tear calling female journalists stupid, ugly, terrible, obnoxious, incompetent, and piggy. There has also been appalling dead silence

Trumps Sick War Against Women Reporters

Donald Trump has often boasted, “No one respects women more than me.” Says the convicted sex felon who has been on a tear calling female journalists stupid, ugly, terrible, obnoxious, incompetent, and piggy. There has also been appalling dead silence

The Golden Age of America is Not so Golden For My Golden Years

I am delighted that my piece The Golden Age of America is Not so Golden for My Golden Years, is appearing in The Nation OppArt page today Wanting to make America great again Trump welcomed us to his dawning of

The Golden Age of America is Not so Golden For My Golden Years

I am delighted that my piece The Golden Age of America is Not so Golden for My Golden Years, is appearing in The Nation OppArt page today Wanting to make America great again Trump welcomed us to his dawning of

This Thanksgiving Not Everyone is Thankful

Sometimes, vintage comic books resonate very clearly for the present. Often for inspiration, I rifle through cardboard boxes of old periodicals and comic books that line my basement shelves. This afternoon, I came across two disparate vintage comic books. One

This Thanksgiving Not Everyone is Thankful

Sometimes, vintage comic books resonate very clearly for the present. Often for inspiration, I rifle through cardboard boxes of old periodicals and comic books that line my basement shelves. This afternoon, I came across two disparate vintage comic books. One

Income Inequality- Drawing From the Past

Hanging on my wall in my office is a framed piece of art I did as a ten-year-old. Its relevancy tugs at my heart today, as we stand on the precipice of millions of Americans going hungry as they lose

Income Inequality- Drawing From the Past

Hanging on my wall in my office is a framed piece of art I did as a ten-year-old. Its relevancy tugs at my heart today, as we stand on the precipice of millions of Americans going hungry as they lose