Images and thoughts from day to day.
While the world is captivated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, let us not forget the growing crisis in Afghanistan and the unpaid debt the U.S. owes to the Afghan people. From Unfreeze Afghanistan – On February 11, President Biden issued an Executive Order...
Between Jan 15, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, and April 4, the day of his assassination, read a book by or about Dr. King. Or read several of his sermons or writings like his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. That’s eleven weeks...
This is a rebroadcast episode of a Veterans For Peace Chapter 92 Seattle radio show I host with a local member Mike Dedrick. We talk to Vietnam veteran Allen Tlusty and Marine veteran and Hip Hop artist Miles (Megaciph) Thomas about their...
On September 11th, 2001, I worked in Manhattan for the National Conference for Community and Justice, formerly named the National Conference of Christians and Jews. We worked to fight all forms of bias and bigotry. Our efforts were rooted in dialogue by...
This show features John Martin, a military veteran I follow on Twitter. I interviewed him last year. We talk about his Native American heritage, the importance of history, the false narratives taught to us about Indigenous people, and a little bit about...
From Chapter 92 Seattle, Veterans For peace I’m Michael T. McPhearson Army Veteran and former executive director of Veterans For Peace. Thank you to the following veterans for giving their reflections about Memorial Day. For many of us, Memorial Day never truly...
Listen to “Ep. 4. Robert Jacobs and Keith Shackleford, Two Citizens on the Pandemic, Politics, and Trump” on Spreaker. In this fourth episode of Red Pill Radio, we have two guests. First, we will hear part one of a two-part interview with...
In the third episode of About Us, we talk with my good friend Judith LeBlanc. Judith is the director of the Native Organizers Alliance. She provides and facilitates technical support, strategic planning, mentoring, and on the ground campaign development to Native groups....
Listen to “Celebrating Black History with Seattle’s Kibibi Monie” on Spreaker. In the 2nd episode of About Us, we will listen in on the opening of a Black History Celebration and World Cancer Day event held in the Langston Hughes Performing Arts...
A few minutes ago, while watching Romeny explain why he will vote to remove the president from office, I was reminded of the many Republicans with whom I have profoundly disagreed with over the years, but foolishly believed they were men and...
Unfortunately, he gave a good speech. He stayed away from impeachment, and he did not gloat about his approval rating. His rhetoric was hopeful, and he was not afraid to evoke religion. He appealed to a wide swath of American identities. He...
In Super Bowl 2020, I am cheering for Kansas City. Here are the reasons why. I have been a Pittsburgh Steeler fan since their first Super Bowl run in 1975. I was ten years old and picked them to defeat the Minnesota...
In the early ’90s, when AOL was the internet for people who did not understand code, I communicated with a woman in a chat room who lived in Southern California. At some point, I wished her a Happy Thanksgiving, and she answered,...
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because I most closely associate it with family. It is a day to be thankful for family, friends, all that we hold dear and the blessing we have received. But the holiday also carries a different dark...
Listen to “Episode 2. Red Pill Radio PodcastReclaim Armistice Day and Talks About Immigration & Labor” on Spreaker. In this 2nd episode of Red Pill Radio, will we talk about Nov 11, celebrated as Veterans Day in the U.S. and Armistice Day...
Listen to “Episode 1. Syria and Impeachment (What does the Constitution say?) Full Show” on Spreaker. This first episode of Red Pill Radio examines the U.S. impeachment process, the Turkish invasion of Syria and U.S. foreign policy in the region. We will...
Listen to “About Us – Episode 1. Indigenous Peoples’ Day & The 1st Time You were Called the N Word” on Spreaker. In 2014, Seattle and Minneapolis were the first cities to officially change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. According to...
https://medium.com/embrace-race/when-the-racist-is-someone-you-know-and-love-2933c7049182 The link above is a story of awakening and finding one’s power. But I have to say it irritated me as I read it. I read it impatiently because it started with an incident where a person referred to Black people...
Today, I was a guest on The Santita Jackson Show broadcast on WCPT 820 AM, Chicago Progressive Talk Radio. She airs weekdays at 6 AM. Motivated by the story of Army SPC Jarrett William Smith, she asked me on the show to...
August 2019 is the five-year commemoration of the murder of Michael Brown Jr., an eighteen-year-old Black boy killed by a White Ferguson, MO police officer. Ferguson is less than two miles from Saint Louis. At the time, I worked for Veterans For...
April 16, 2019, four shootings took place in New York City. This is a story about one of them and the death of Davion Powell, an 18-year young man who grew up and died in Brooklyn. At first glance, it is a...
Recently, I was listening to a news interview of a rabbi from a neighboring congregation to the Chabad Synagogue in Poway CA where a 19-year-old shooter killed Lori Gilbert Kaye, 60 and wounded three others. He commented that violence is the new...
The Democrats must focus on issues and solutions that impact the lives of all Americans. One of the reasons we have Trump is because people are tired of policies that help the rich and leave the working class and poor in the cold.
Here are a few tips to help with the challenge of intergenerational leadership. I’m quickly putting up this list because I am speaking at a frank event and I want to provide a quick resource. I will follow up with more thoughts...
Today is Armistice Day. One hundred years ago today the world celebrated the end of World War I. There was great jubilation in the streets because over the previous four years, most of the globe had grown weary of war and their...
I am hurt that Hate won in Florida may win in Georgia. My childhood home, the South is not so much the new South many want it to be. Yes, in 2018 you can say obviously racists things and win elections. Once...
Yes, I vote as often as I can. To those who think there are millions of people voting illegally, I vote once per election. I do my best to vote every election. This year’s ballot was long; marijuana initiatives, efforts to...
This morning when I looked through my car windshield over the steering wheel I was happy to see the trees outside the Veterans For Peace office in their full-color beauty. Do you see the Veterans For Peace emblem in the background? Across...
This from the President of the U.S. This is why he is #NotMyPresident. Yes, he is the president. But I have no allegiance to him at all. I served because I believe in this country and our ability to be better. This...
Recently Trump most clearly revealed his authoritarian nature. He claimed there is a possibility he can change a core interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution with an Executive Order. Of course, his apologist – in an effort to control...
I drove off to the VFP office in my car and what did I see? There was a caterpillar on my windshield. I did not stop to take it off. I guess I should have. Fortunately, my office is close to home...
Nothing special here. Just a picture taken from my car of plants on the road median in downtown Saint Louis. Notice the Orkin pest control box on the left. I guess we must have some good size rats running around at night...
Really not much to say about this one. Just a simple picture of the early morning sky taken with my phone, Galaxy Note S3. Edited with BlogPad Pro
Today I rode my bicycle 16 miles. I road down 7th to Gravois to Arsenal, to Kingshighway, to Manchester, back to Broadway, South on Broadway for a while, turned around and went home. I stopped by a music shop where I found...
I bought Deborah a small Nikon Coolpix camera about two year ago. I mean really small. It’s the S01. The pictures are OK. I’ve decided tp carry it for my daily pics until I can find something a bit better. I have...
I attended part three of a four part panel series organized by Drone Free St. Louis. This event explored various concerns and implications of domestic drone use by the St. Louis Police Department, with donuts! The panel zeroed in on how militarized...
