Nero, the Roman emperor who legendarily fiddled while Rome burned is a symbol for an irresponsible, ineffective, and callous leader who shows indifference to people in crisis. The great Rome fire took place in the first century AD. The fiddle…
(TriceEdneyWire) — Women won the right to vote a century ago. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment passed. The White women’s equal rights struggle began in 1776, though, when Abigail Adams, the wife of our second president and member…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — According to the Washington Post, the 45th U.S. president told 19,126 lies between his inauguration in 2017 and June 1, 2020. By now, the number has likely edged toward 20,000, as his Tulsa ‘rally’ yielded dozens more. This…
When you elect a clown, expect a circus, and this month’s impeachment hearings have been precisely that. Yelling, shouting, and disrespectful accusing seem more the rule than the exception. The increased volume of Mr. Trump’s tweets echoes his fear and…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — Twenty-four people are running for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. From where I sit, at least half of them are only running for exposure, for the vice-presidential nod, for Cabinet secretary, to push a…
Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to the state-imposed killing of John William King, the despicable murderer of James Byrd, Jr.?…
