MLK vs MTG
They share three letter acronyms, but only one belongs in the company of FDR, JFK, and LBJ, indeed leads them where our founding values are concerned...
17 February, 2021
James McBride & Ethan Hawke
Sometimes we need to review our judgments on historical figures for resonances with the present day. The author James McBride decided the abolitionist John Brown was such a personage...
28 January, 2021
Asheville(NC)/Providence(RI)
While the federal government continues to kick the can on reparations, local communities like Asheville (NC) and Providence (RI) are moving forward...
28 January, 2021
Abandoned America
Walls talk. And they tell us we're endlessly repeating mistakes even as much of our common heritage falls to the wrecking ball. In Abandoned America they get finally their chance to speak...
28 January, 2021
12/7, 9/11, and 1/6
Three dates that will live in infamy. To make 12-7-9-11-1-6 a winning ticker for the nation, we must make 1/20/21 the most important date of all...
28 January, 2021
21st Century Citizenship, January 2021: Post-Mortems & Perspectives
It sounds like such a gloomy way to begin the new year, especially after the gloom-filled epithet of a year preceding. But post-mortems are actually the first green shoots, the beginning of hope...
27 January, 2021
Rebuilding & Renewing Our Hollowed Out Government
Shocking as 1/6 may have been, the Capitol Building was the only one left in government Trump and his supporters had not yet stormed...
16 January, 2021
A Shameful Chapter
Frank reaches out to friends around the world with his perspective on the events of January 6, 2021...
11 January, 2021
2021: Our Year For Building A Wonderful Life
Like so much these days, this old holiday classic is not what it seems, and it holds positive guidance for the year we dare not say can't be worse than the one before...
04 January, 2021
COVID Vaccine for All
In a piece for The Daily Times, Frank makes the case that COVID must become a pivot point to upgrade health infrastructure in Pakistan and around the world...
24 December, 2020