“WE SHALL OVERCOME?”

"WE SHALL OVERCOME?" © PJ Hayward New York, 2017 In my youth I was a fierce militant. I was certain that we, the Youth of America, would overthrow our elitist, arrogant and controlling government and that our battle cry of Inclusiveness, Brotherhood and Enough for All, would reign. In those days, while I had great…

ENOUGH!

FROM GHANA, FROM THE DESK OF OUR EDITOR IN CHIEF ENOUGH! © Bernard W. Saunders Iture-Elmina, Ghana West Africa December 28, 2014 “If you come to a fork in the road take it”: Yogi Berra The Book of Awakening, Conari Press, © 2000 Mark Nepo The United States of America again finds itself at a racial fork in…

SIOUX NATION DECLARES XL PIPELINE AN ACT OF WAR

SIOUX NATION DECLARES XL PIPELINE AN ACT OF WAR © PJ HAYWARD NEW YORK, 2015 Cyril Scott, President of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota The Keystone Pipeline is slated to cut directly through some of the most highly sacred of a number of Native American tribal Lands. With Congress back in session, and…

THE CONTINUATION OF STUPIDITY

FROM THE DESK OF OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER:  “Q” © Q. Montgomery, Memphis, TN. 2013 THE CONTINUATION OF STUPIDITY There is an old saying,  "Nothing Succeeds Like Success."  The other side of that is "Nothing Fails Like Failure". Today's Republican Party is a shining example of what failure looks like.  They continue to pursue policies…

A BRILLIANT STRATEGY

FROM THE DESK OF OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER:  “Q” © Q. Montgomery, Memphis, TN. 2013 A BRILLIANT STRATEGY Just now I was listening to a round table of political pundits discuss the government shutdown and how the Republicans have painted themselves into such a dark corner.  While President Obama's favorable ratings are on the rise,…

“LET THEM EAT CAKE!” SEZ THE GOP

"LET THEM EAT CAKE!"  SEZ THE GOP © PJ Hayward, New York 2013 So here we are, witnessing another case of the 1% trying to deny the other 99% of us even the tiniest crumb of a break in our quest to just keep hearth and home together. While these so-called lawmakers in Congress are…