This is a blog post that has been a long time in the making. It touches on issues that I have been discussing for a long time in private conversations with various people — including my “adopted son” who I took under my wing the last time I lived in New Orleans. We need to…

There have been a lot of things written about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in France. And while I don’t always agree with the content of satirical writers, I DO see their necessity in our society for pointing out our inconsistencies as well as our injustices towards one another. The Greeks even had a god, Momos, who…