Images and thoughts from day to day.
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...
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 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...
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...
Although there is an eviction moratorium in Seattle and King County, an Air Force veteran and indigenous friend of mine, Phoenix Johnson and her 13 yr old daughter recently faced eviction. The notice came after several months of hostile and discriminatory behavior...
Yesterday, September 29th, during the presidential debate with Democrat candidate Biden, Donald Trump, when challenged to disavow White supremacy, responded, “Proud Boys, stand back and standby. Who are the Proud Boys? These four articles from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Huffington...
How many people have died in U.S. wars? We seldom ask this question. When I asked Google, I found it hard to find a definitive answer. I did find a number for U.S. service members who died. The figure for “enemy combatants”...
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...
Practically every city, town and village across the United States have at least one memorial to fallen soldiers. I’m not sure about the North, but in the South, the deaths most honored are from the Civil War. Although the Confederate soldiers’ legacy...
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...
Listen to “Episode 3. Environmentalist and Sander’s Supporter Ted Glick on Election 2020” on Spreaker. In this 3rd episode of Red Pill Radio, I talk to longtime economic and social justice activist and environmentalist Ted Glick. He is a former U.S. Senate...
Apple Self Diagnosis Page OR Learn About the App Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Well, I was finally able to go back to Newark and move my motorcycle. It has been partially covered through this crazy winter. It has some rust I really need to attend to soon. Sitting and listening to people ride by on...
Simply put, this is a nice car. Beautiful.
My mother’s 80th birthday celebration. She seemed to enjoy her great grandchildren. I hope I am as healthy and with it as my mom if I get to 80.
Came across this mosque when dropping off some office furniture at a Good Will in STL. I haven’t been back. I hope to visit soon.
Either coming or going in or out of the STL airport, I came across these beautiful fall flowers.
National Veterans For Peace, located in Saint Louis Missouri, held a forum on torture as part of our ban torture campaign. I had the privilege of working with Warren Pop as the campaign coordinator. My good friend Denise Lieberman moderated the event....
