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Why We Long For Superheroes

Let it be known that at age 38 I still collect comic books. I heart comic book movies (even the Green Lantern). I long for comic book conversations with my seven-year-old son. I even love comic book character gummies! If it’s about comic books, it’s for me.

I love all comic books – but my real allegiance is to Batman and Super (the big boys). Let it be known that I have every Batman comic book since Frank Miller’s relaunch with the story arc Year One in 1987, and every Superman comic book since its...

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Your Politics Will Dissapoint You

Did you watch the results for the election this past year? I did.

I remember it vividly. My wife had gone to bed, but I...

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Social Media Sick

Do you ever wish we could go back to a simpler time?

I’m talking like horses instead of cars. I do. Sometimes I wish we...

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Introvert, Extrovert or Ambivert?

We love labeling people, don’t we? You know how it goes. We walk into a gathering of humans we really don’t know all that...

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The Pursuit

“I’m pursuing her,” says the skinny-jeans wearing Christian male when speaking of a girl whose photo he just liked on instagram. If you’re unfamiliar...

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Glow: Wrestling With Sisterhood

Have you ever watched WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)? Have you ever met a professional wrestling fan in real life? Other than vaguely smelling what...

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The Cost of Reconciliation

I like to think of myself as a bridge.

I am a Black man raised by a Black man and woman in the Low-Country of...

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Sunday Best

For some of us, church isn’t church without freshly pressed slacks, a necktie tied pinned with a gold chain, and shoes pristinely shined. For...

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Be A Dreamer

“Cynicism is the worst quality a person can have. “

I heard that quote for the first time from Conan O’Brien (the sage himself), on...

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I’m White and You’re Black

I was recently leaving my barber shop with my 2 year old son, when we saw a police car driving by. My little one...

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