Donald Trump held a town hall style campaign event last week, and one of his supporters, in the process of asking a question, said that Barack Obama is a Muslim. Trump let the statement pass without commenting. He could have offered a correction or clarification of the voter’s remark, something like, “the President says he […]

So, what did you do to commemorate 9/11? Did you even pause to consider its significance? Or, as appears to be the attitude of most Americans fourteen years after that horrific day, have you somehow forgotten or repressed the pain we all felt and instead moved on with the rest of your life? Those are harsh […]

Two brothers meet in a prison cell and proceed to sing a cappella be-bop in the opening scene of Idris Goodwin’s “Bars & Measures,” which is now in production on the B Street Theater’s main stage. The brothers are united by their love of music, but they are divided by the kind of music each […]

I was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force when I found myself heavily conflicted with my obligations and responsibilities as a commissioned officer and my newly developed sense of morality regarding the Vietnam War. The year was the fall of 1970. I was in the third year of my four-year commitment that was […]