By Richard Ray: I have written before that “Racists are Immune to Logic and Reason.” However, even that generalization can be made to cover a broader spectrum of people. Calling someone a fool is completely subjective and rude. That label and other name calling should be refrained from whenever possible. However, (the perfect transition […]
By Richard Ray: I used to think about death far too often. When I was in college I remembered reading statistics that said roughly 1 in 4 Black males would be either killed or incarcerated before the age of 24. Even as I finished college and graduate school, I lived in an alternative universe […]
By Richard Ray: In a week that has been depressing and exhausting in its tumultuousness, I offer a respite. Even if just temporary, tune in to watch the Little League World Series this weekend. Reality is not going anywhere. Scandal in the White House surrounded by White Nationalist protesters and counter-protesters is real and […]
By Richard Ray: Pride is just one of a series of characteristics or attributes that is dually admirable in attaining and complicit in our fallibility as humans. In moderation pride is an admirable quality to have. Perhaps the use of the word moderation could be best used to describe any human characteristic, but pride […]
By Richard Ray Life has a very unfunny sense of humor. It never forgets to remind you that just when you think you have things figured out… there is always a reminder you do not. There are times when it comes in the form of pleasant surprises. It can be renewing our faith in […]
By Richard Ray: Death is almost always a sad occurrence. It is tragic when someone or even a beloved pet loses its life too soon. Yet, there are some occasions, when someone has lived a long full life, when the notice of their death, while momentarily may lead to a reaction of sadness, does […]
Shark week has become a sensation. Each year people get excited to see shows, primarily focused on Great Whites’ and the fear that their myth had previously had on us all. Jaws was a two hour movie in which the killer shark did not actually appear onscreen for over eighty minutes. Yet, just the idea […]
By Richard Ray It is perhaps one of life’s greatest ironies, that as technology has provided us with more ways to communicate with each other, effective and meaningful communication appears more and more difficult for people to attain. The internet and social media provide a platform. That platform has different meaning and significance to […]
By Richard Ray: We are all either one of two forms of delusional when we look in the mirror. We are either delusional in thinking we look much better than we really do or are delusional in thinking we look much worse than our reality. Within the two types of delusions there are varying […]
By Richard Ray: Bishop Curry is someone we should all know. The 11 year old from McKinney, Texas was saddened by the news of a six month old in his community dying after being left in a car. On average 37 children perish each year in heat related deaths in the United States. As […]
