(Originally posted 05/14/15. Reblogged 09/12/24.)) Bookmarks: Poor children have smaller brains ———— ♦ ———— New brain science shows poor...

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Bookmarks: DOJ organizes riots? • Russian rocket downed Malaysian airliner • The preschool-to-prison pipeline • Eat, Pray, Love? ————...

Three incidents from Sunday 09/18: (1) I caught the racial vibe as soon as she came in the room. (2) In the middle of worship, I looked...

(Originally posted 08/06/14 . Reblogged 08/15/24.) Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges...

Bookmarks: Peek-a-boo bear • “I went to jail to understand my daughter.” • ———— ♦ ———— Peekaboo – Photographer Captures Playful Brown...

Wednesday 2016-09-21 Behind certain events of Sunday 09/18 that I will report later, I am making new efforts this week to reduce or...

(Originally posted 10/05/13. Reblogged 07/25/24.) The Marshmallow Study Revisited For the past four decades, the “marshmallow test” has...

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Confronting the myth that “black culture” is responsible for violent crime in America Friday, September 2, 2016 On the one hand, I am...

A Nation of Cowards Jeffrey Snyder suggests that carrying a handgun is both a right and a duty of every law-abiding citizen. This is hard...

Bookmarks: They need to just chill. • 500 murders so far this year in Chicago ———— ♦ ———— Maryland power struggle over air conditioning...

Monday, September 5, 2016 There is a certain time in my daily prayer routine when I give attention to each of certain names that aren’t...

16:03 Thursday 2016-09-08 A case on point. Today as I walked toward the shelter, I contemplated that I am likely to have no smokes during...

(Originally published 08/11/12 at Trojan Horse Productions; reblogged 10/30/13 here.) If you go into a men’s room and see that someone’s...

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Bookmarks: Pinky’s dead. • Hiring panhandlers in Albuquerque • What’s killing the honeybees? • Coping without AC • ———— ♦ ————...

Sunday night, half a dozen new guys all showed up together. They’re all white, none over age 25, all covered with tattoos and piercings...

Courage and despair hang in the balance for a homeless radio talk jock wannabe. “You’ve got to pay your dues If you want to sing the...

Do I want to become a mainstream person? My visions for myself have been (1) becoming self-supporting while still staying at the shelter;...