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“Do as I say…not as I do!?” “Because I said so that’s why!” “I brought you into this world and I’ll take you out!” “Fix your face or I’ll give…

Most people do not consider the shedding of human blood to be a good thing. Just last week, we commemorated the 49th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., our “Drum…

By Dr. T During the Senate debate around the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be the nation’s next Attorney General, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, actually silenced Senator Elizabeth…

By Dr. T Actions speak louder than words, is an age-old idiom that has huge significance when taken to heart. Some may look at it as a rather cliché expression,…

By Dr. T There are times in our lives that deserve to be marked and remembered. Sometimes those moments are great and wonderful causing boundless jubilation and celebration, and then…

From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin to Walter Scott, the long history of killing Black men in America has continued to ignite outrage, disbelief and a lack of accountability or…

By Dr. T There are people all over the world who have been utterly devastated and shocked by the outcome of the 2016 Presidential Election. People in the United States…

By Dr. T The Crooked Room is a sociological concept that is summarized in the following description: “In one study, subjects were placed in a crooked chair in a crooked…

By Dr. T Time is a finite thing. There are 24 hours in a day and 168 hours in a 7-day week and that is all. We cannot stretch that…

By Dr. T The title of the celebrated novel by Jane Austen and subsequent major motion picture starring Hollywood royalty, such as Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland and Dame Judi Dench,…