With the most important Election Day in our history upon us, choosing Kamala Harris is the only reasonable choice for a country in need of healing “I believe in America.“ Those were the opening words uttered by an Italian immigrant in the epic 1972 crime saga The Godfather. Since its inception, fortunes have been won and lost, families raised, and… Read more →
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The Last Day of 2020
As 2020 finally comes to a close, Shimbo looks back at the horror that was (and still is) with a message of hope for the year to come We’ve been through a lot in 2020, haven’t we? Looking out upon the last day of 2020, a year that for so many felt like six years in one, it brings an… Read more →
Toni Morrison, 1931-2019: A Generational Voice that Bridged Generations
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author passed away Monday after a brief illness. Toni Morrison taught me to dream. Famed prizewinning author Toni Morrison died Monday night at the age of 88; although her writing has been part of the collective consciousness of American society for most of my near-42 years, the timeless nature of her work never felt dated. At this… Read more →
A Message to the White Man (and Woman) in America
I think it’s time we had a talk. You may not want to listen, you may not want to care, but I can assure you, we’ll both be better off if you did. For so long, and especially now, we’ve spent more time talking at each other than to each other. While life for all of us here in America is… Read more →
Darwin Wins Again: Gun Range Instructor Gives an Uzi to a 9-Year-Old, Guess What Happens Next
by Shimbo More and more, it’s harder to tell real stories from those that might appear in the Onion; this one is no different. A 9-year-old girl gets to spend the formative years of her life in therapy after shooting a gun instructor in the head, killing him, while he was showing her how to shoot an Uzi, authorities said… Read more →