Post racial America was just a dream…the return of hate

Memories are short, then again thanks to technology we are living at warp speed. Captain Kirk would be rather impressed at our array of gadgets and while we still haven’t quite made it to Jetsons style living. The world we now live in is a vastly different place than it was just 20-30 years ago. …

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Race to the cell, the only thing America excels at in 2012

I really did not want anything to do with the final presidential debate; frankly these debates are starting to make me rage. Of course circumstances put me in a situation where I ended up listening to parts of the last debate and catching the running commentary on twitter. The debates are simply good theater, the …

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Buying the vote or at least the machines, the Romney plan

This week in my professional life, I learned that even for a small non-profit in the relatively sparsely populated state of Maine that the government cares about things like conflict of interest among the board of directors. See, my board chair got married a few months ago to a fellow board member, the same board …

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