Parker, our 9-year-old son, looked carefully at a picture frame on the wall, a frame filled with pictures memorializing the wedding of Shadra and me. He had noticed this frame many times before, but t… more →
A More Perfect Uniondaveandshadra wrote 2 months ago: Parker, our 9-year-old son, looked carefully at a picture frame on the wall, a frame filled with pic … more →
daveandshadra wrote 3 months ago: At age 1 he started beating on a toy canvas drum – the kind you might find in a state park or amusem … more →
daveandshadra wrote 3 months ago: We both work from our home now, more or less. Having opted for a career in teaching, I am continuing … more →
daveandshadra wrote 3 months ago: The war in Iraq or the war against terrorism or the war “by whatever name history will call if” rage … more →
loveisdope wrote 5 months ago: Here’s another installment in my “Towards a More Perfect Union” series. Click her … more →
fullbodytransplant wrote 7 months ago: Something has happened to love. Over the course of history, it has gotten distilled. Sanskrit has … more →
loveisdope wrote 8 months ago: So, me and you (yo’ momma and yo’ cousin too) helped my main homie President-Elect Bara … more →
conservatisminexile wrote 8 months ago: The First Principles of our Nation would be those stated in the Preamble of the Constitution, … more →
toddpalmer wrote 8 months ago: I have read Barack Obama’s well known speech/reaction on the potential racial divide in this e … more →
estherbintliff wrote 8 months ago: One day left, and we’re on the cusp of great change. Fingers crossed. A while back I read … more →
canarypapers wrote 8 months ago: I propose that, were the media doing their job, the stories and words of the real-life, everyday Ame … more →
zacca wrote 10 months ago: History repeats itself. When a Democracy shifts, the result is usually circular. Both candidates cal … more →
aishakarimah wrote 10 months ago: Senator Barack Obama is vastly making history as possibly becoming the first African-American to pre … more →
steadycat wrote 10 months ago: The environment was electric! I have been inspired like never before. I believed in a change for a … more →
Pavan Gupta wrote 10 months ago: American politicians like to call on their citizens to build “a more perfect union”. The … more →
zacca wrote 1 year ago: There was a time in this country that a serious contender was unheard of, if that contender were a w … more →
tkaur wrote 1 year ago: A probing public service announcement made by the folks at rethinkbias.org/A More Perfect Union/Virg … more →
Blind Man wrote 1 year ago: Game Six, 1975 World Series. The Boston Red Sox, cursed, improbable participants against Sparky And … more →
unastronaut wrote 1 year ago: The ecosystem of political media has changed, with sound bites losing their authority. Consumers of … more →