Opinion essays and letters from our readers.
by Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle
Black History Month. This is the month set aside for the appreciation of African American Heritage.
For me, it is the most complicated time of the year when it comes to my VIEWS. I am reflective, angry, proud, disappointed, appreciative, suspicious, sensitive, all at once.
by Demaryl Howard
First, let me tell you what Black Consciousness is not. Black Consciousness is not sporting cowrie shells in your hair. Black Consciousness is not listening to East Coast Hip Hop or Erykah Badu. Black Consciousness is not dreadlocks. Black Consciousness is not having read a few books by Black authors. Black Consciousness is not a look or fad. Black Consciousness is an afrocentric state of mind.
by Patrick Flaherty
No sooner had the dust settled on a U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down laws criminalizing sex for gays and lesbians than a new decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Court came out: lesbian and gay couples could not only “get it on” in the privacy of their own homes without worrying about Big Brother, but they may soon go down to the local courthouse and get hitched.
by Paul J. Griffiths, Chair of Catholic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
It does seem to me that, pace the CDF, it is possible for Catholics to support laws legalizing same-sex unions. That claim will be counterintuitive for many, I expect, and so perhaps it will be helpful to state briefly at the outset the assumptions that inform it. All of them are disputable, of course — everything interesting is. But one short essay doesn’t permit entry into all relevant disputes, so I’ll simply state the assumptions here.
by Carrie Trousil
Milwaukee is the second city after only Orlando, that corporate slattern of America, to have televisions installed on its public buses. Quite honestly, it doesn’t seem that many Milwaukeeans really appreciate this parallel with the land of Mickey Mouse. In fact, people seem to find it intrusive.
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