Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Back in 1963, the U.S. Postal Service debuted a brand new mascot – a stylized drawing of a letter carrier, a mascot named “Mr. Zip.” Although you don’t see Mr. Zip that often today, he’s still associated with the U.S. Postal Service. But, unfortunately, the Postal Service has been under attack by Donald Trump throughout…
Read MoreLet’s get things straight right now. The condescending attitude of people like Breanna Morello just pisses me off. Morello, who claims to be “fluent in sarcasm” on her Twitter account, posted this little tweet on Friday. Serious question. How do we stop people that wear a masks alone in their car from reproducing? — Breanna…
Read MoreI’m just going to leave these here. Driving through crowds and macing out of vehicles at SW 4th and Washington. pic.twitter.com/dCNJxYlkYn — Cory Elia (@TheRealCoryElia) August 30, 2020 Clashes. Trump people unload paintballs and pepper spray. They shot me too. pic.twitter.com/PwU5pZMLnV — Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) August 30, 2020 A counter protestors named Tony bartell films…
Read MoreLast night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) appeared at the Democratic National Convention. She spoke eloquently and efficiently. Her words were carefully selected and showed intelligence and compassion. Here’s her nomination speech. "In fidelity and gratitude to a mass peoples' movement working to establish 21st century social, economic, and human rights – including guaranteed health care,…
Read MoreFirst off, this blog and its author are supporters of the work of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). And for a junior House representative to have a chance to speak at the Democratic National Convention … even for a scant minute … that’s big stuff. And by “scant minute,” I mean it. She’s limited to sixty…
Read MoreI think that the conservative media had their anti-Kamala Harris attacks ready at the instant. The moment that Joe Biden selected her to be his running mate – making Kamala Harris the first black woman on a major party ticket; the first woman of South Asian descent on a major party ticket; the first graduate…
Read MoreThere is an old Aesop fable, known as “The Scorpion and the Frog,” and like all of Aesop’s fables, there’s a moral somewhere in the mix. A scorpion tried to cross a river, and couldn’t – because scorpions can’t swim. A frog offers to shuttle the scorpion across the river, with the scorpion riding the…
Read MoreBy now you might have heard of this. House representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – you know, the person who beat the odds to defeat a ten-term senator and revitalize New York’s 14th District, has been working hard in her freshman Congress stint, despite the misogyny and unabated vulgarities thrown at her. And recently, she received a…
Read MoreRecently, the owner of the Goya Foods company expressed, at a Presidential press conference, his support for Donald Trump. The moment he did that, people stopped buying Goya Foods. There were competing hashtags of #boycottgoya and #buygoya, with other people going into the stores, buying nothing but Goya foods and spices, and then donating the…
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When the Australian bushfires tore through the Great Southern Land, and the world watched as billions of animals and millions of acres of land were burned to a crisp, the heroes of that time were the Australian firefighters, the ones that did whatever they could to stem back the life-destroying infernos. Think about this. This…
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