Monthly Archives: July 2021

Here is the link to my op ed: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2021/07/26/opinion-threatening-people-stop-thinking-dangerous/8025475002/ In case anyone would prefer to read the piece here, which is a critique of Critical Race Theory for classroom or any other use, I’ll paste it below. In the op … Continue reading →

Last night, too tired to read, I was looking for something to watch on Netflix. Aha, an original series, Troy. Well, that ought to be good for some costumes, beautiful people, and action. I chose to start with episode 4 … Continue reading →

I can’t read the Chinese characters, or for that matter the line in Latin letters, but I believe they say smoking is bad for you, baby! What is total fertility rate (TFR)? One easy to handle definition is “total fertility … Continue reading →

Here is the cover of my book on lynching, published in 2011. I took the photo on a 2-lane road in New Mexico a few years earlier. I don’t remember exactly when, but it would have been no later than … Continue reading →

Before making the comparison, let’s consider a few key points about Afghanistan now. The U.S. has to get out. A lot of the hand-wringing and predictions of absolute disaster to come are political statements by people for whom it was … Continue reading →