By Richard Ray: Who doesn’t love a 3 day weekend, but I think it is really long overdue that we at least re-name Columbus Day. I know that this may be a laughable request during a Trump administration where finding any level of empathy is at a premium if even available at all, but […]
By Richard Ray: Excuse the cynicism, but I really have little hope that anything will change in the aftermath of the worst mass shooting in US history. 59 people have died with more than 500 injured, after Stephen Paddock unloaded on more than 20,000 unsuspecting concert goers. We are all horrified by the events […]
By Richard Ray: Waking up to the news of more than 50 dead and over 500 others injured by a lone gunman in Las Vegas is disheartening. Of course my heart goes out to anyone that was hurt or killed in this senseless tragedy as well as to their families. Unfortunately mass shooting or […]
By Richard Ray: So I just want to make sure I have this correct. Many of you are out there burning player’s jerseys and season tickets as well as vowing to boycott NFL games. Those are the calm ones because some of your brethren have taken to vile racist name calling and death threats […]
By Richard Ray: In 2012 Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old from Miami, visiting Sanford, FL with his father was killed by George Zimmerman. The self professed neighborhood watchman spotted Trayvon walking in the community and called police to report him as a suspicious person. He was advised by 911 operators to wait for […]
By Richard Ray: Far too often, I feel the need to begin an article with a disclaimer. “This is not about politics or your political views” has lead several times. I realize that it is a (lame) attempt to have people who are probably already entrenched in a mindset to keep an open mind, […]
By Richard Ray: Too often my features have started off talking about the divisiveness within the United States. Unfortunately the subject is all too real and needs to be discussed in context of talks of change, greater empathy and social justice for all within the US. However, when tragedy strikes America, like the one […]
By Richard Ray: There is so much discussion about the removal (or not) of Confederacy symbols throughout the United States. I have weighed in a few times now, and felt the need to do so once again, because quite frankly the different and dissenting opinions against the removal of the symbols is really quite […]
By Richard Ray: UPDATE: Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has issued a stay to the scheduled execution based on the new DNA evidence. Marcellus Williams is scheduled to be executed tomorrow in Missouri. In 1998 he was convicted in the death of former St. Louis Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle, 42. She was murdered in her […]
By Richard Ray: Confederacy enthusiasts would have you believe that their zealous desires to keep all Confederate flags, memorials, statutes and monuments displayed prominently in public settings is because of the historical and cultural symbolism of such items. Yet, I would state that it is that very argument that calls for the removal of […]
