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A collection of various stories and pieces I have written. The topics are somewhat random and wide-ranging, which is perhaps a reflection of my own somewhat random thought process as an author.
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How to be a Superhero
Martin Luther King Day January 21st 2013 I read an interesting fact in the news just the other day. No. I read a very disturbing fact in...
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Mar 26, 20214 min read
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What happens when you tell folks they’re racist?
(That wasn’t a rhetorical question.) I take it as a good thing and as a measure of meaningful progress that white people absolutely lose...
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Oct 4, 20206 min read
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The 2nd Amendment doesn't say that
Our nation has a bad case of amnesia about our history of gun regulation legislation. And the media should be doing a much better job of
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Sep 5, 20206 min read
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Losing a Facebook Friend
I think about how empty my life would be without Erica.
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Sep 5, 20205 min read
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Being A Father
When I first met my wife, I discovered for the first time someone that was my equal. By that I mean someone that was as important to me as
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Sep 5, 20203 min read
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Sunday morning ennui
Despite the fact that it’s the weekend and I’m entitled to sleep a little later, I get up Sunday morning to watch the weekly news-talk shows
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Sep 5, 20206 min read
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A Night at Red Lobster
OK, OK, I know. It's my fault. What was I doing at Red Lobster? I'm sorry, but the commercials really make you wanna go and I hadn't been in
markrobinson16
Aug 1, 20202 min read
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No, I won't be nice
No I won’t be nice. This is your fault.
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Jan 26, 20202 min read
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What is Black
I have been black all my life (yup, right from birth), and yet after 63 years I am no closer to having a workable, defensible definition
markrobinson16
Sep 20, 20193 min read
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