Author: Steven D

On Wednesday night I wrote this diary, wondering (rhetorically) what I should do as a white man in reaction to the atrocity of the Charleston massacre. Well, I’ve made a start. I’m volunteering for this local...

The latest massacre in Charleston is but the tip of the iceberg. And yet, despite another horrific mass murder, this one very likely a hate crime, coming on the heels of so many over the course of our nation’s history,...

House Republicans: The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released a fiscal year 2016 funding proposal that, among its many provisions, dismantles the Affordable Care Act, eliminates funding for the Title X family...

Yes, I know prosecutors have a great deal of latitude with respect to how they present evidence before a Grand Jury. Usually, however, that power is used to obtain an indictment, not prevent one. However, as this report in the...

I was on my way out of the local supermarket this morning, my purchases, such as they were, in tow, when I saw a crowd of people, including one of the kids who haul in the shopping carts from the parking lot, gathered around the...