Newly crowned (of thorns, if you follow GOP rhetoric) House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson (R-La) claims to have an adopted black son, Michael, so he understands what it means to be black in the United States. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) claimed in 2020 to have an adopted black son, Nestor, so he understands what it means…

What does it mean to be ‘deviant’ in the eyes of your conservative/MAGA neighbors? Smiths Station, AL, Mayor Bubba Copeland, 49, chose suicide vs. the ridicule of his neighbors after he was outed by a conservative online platform for wearing women’s clothing and makeup. All I see is fear, anger, and violence. Where is the…

W.H. Auden stated that prose is the most suitable artistic means of expressing the human experience, yet he forged his career as a poet. Poetry is not my favorite read. Hell, since I engaged in graduate studies in literature, nothing is. I prefer hearing my poetry with guitar and a rhythm section. My favorite performers…